It takes a full minute and a half to load my personal SETTINGS.  Does anyone know why?  I've tried removing anything from loading when logging on but that didn't help at all.is this a laptop or destop pc you are asking about,some manufactors of laptops alter the processing SPEED to save battery power and thats why it takes longer to boot but if its a desktop pc by altering the bootini file fasterbootup can be achieved but BACKUP the reg first>..Using Windows explorer find the file called BOOT.INI on your system drive. Change the attributes of the file from read-only, by right clicking on it and choosing Properties, and then under Attributes, uncheck 'Read-only'. Then double-click on BOOT.INI and it should open in Notepad.

Under the [boot loader] section is a value called "TIMEOUT=". The number after the "=" sign is the time in seconds Windows will wait for a selection. Change the value ACCORDING to the options below.

Set the value to the number of seconds between 1 and 999. To make Windows boot instantly change this value to "0" (i.e. timeout=0). To make Windows wait indefinitely change this value to "-1" (i.e. timeout=-1). Save the file, and restart Windows for the change to take effect.
ok.mThanks Merlin, I will give it a try! Well I searched and searched and I could not find a boot.ini file anywhere on my computer.  Could it be called something else in Windows xp?Go into your Folder Options-> View and select the Show Hidden Files and Folders then search again.if you dont  wish to edit the reg and it maybe over your head try tweakui>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp or look here>http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=76