[X Newbies] Classic Startup

[Norman Cohen]

No, it's not normal, at least on my 800 TiBook. If you click the little 
triangle during classic start up, it will show a screen like you used 
to see when booting OS 9. You'll see the various icons for the 
extensions loading. Seeing where it is slowing down on the boot process 
may give you a hint what's going on. Also, look in the classic 
preference pane. You can do some maintenance like rebuilding the 
classic desktop file, or booting with extensions off or open extensions 
manager to control what extensions are loaded. It's important to turn 
off third party extensions if you are seeing slow classic startup, then 
add them back in until you find your culprit.

Good luck,

Norm

On Jan 3, 2004, at 5:58 PM, Lynn Persing wrote:

> I just installed OS X.3 on my boyfriend's machine and I have a 
> question about Classic mode.  How long does it normally take to start 
> up?  It is painfully long.  It loads 95% of it fairly quick but the 
> last little bit of the startup takes about 4 or 5 minutes.  Is this 
> normal?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lynn
Norman Cohen
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