Vista Boot Time

Vista boot time Average 3 minutes & 15 seconds from POST to first view of the
desktop screen. Much slower than XP in boot time and app response therefore
increased memory as well as eliminated non-essential Apps.


What should I be expecting and in order to further troubleshoot, what would
I be looking for in the event logs etc ?

MSI 865PE NEO2-FIS2R
Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800 FSB
(4 GByte) Two Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2
CAS: 2.5
RAS-CAS: 3
RAS: 3
TRAS: 7
DRAM Voltage: 2.70v

Try it with a new profile, no settings.

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"DWP" <> wrote in message
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> Vista boot time Average 3 minutes & 15 seconds from POST to first view of
> the
> desktop screen. Much slower than XP in boot time and app response
> therefore
> increased memory as well as eliminated non-essential Apps.
>
>
> What should I be expecting and in order to further troubleshoot, what
> would
> I be looking for in the event logs etc ?
>
> MSI 865PE NEO2-FIS2R
> Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800 FSB
> (4 GByte) Two Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2
> CAS: 2.5
> RAS-CAS: 3
> RAS: 3
> TRAS: 7
> DRAM Voltage: 2.70v
>
>

"DWP" <> wrote in message
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> Vista boot time Average 3 minutes & 15 seconds from POST to first view of
> the
> desktop screen. Much slower than XP in boot time and app response
> therefore
> increased memory as well as eliminated non-essential Apps.


My personal view is that the attention many people pay to how long it takes
to boot is unwarranted. Assuming that the computer's speed is otherwise
satisfactory, it may not be worth worrying about. Most people start their
computers once a day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of
things, even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my coffee.
When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how long it took to boot
and I don't care.

However, if you want to address this anyway, it may be because of what
programs start automatically when you boot. On each program you don't want
to start automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not to
start. Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work,
run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
programs you don't want to start automatically.



However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
*which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost
in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information
about these with at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't
find it there, try Google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.


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Hi,

Thought I'd time it, since I thought your time was long. I guess it would
depend on your hardware.
My mediochre dual core 6300 is about a year old now, with a bargain 1550
graphics card, and 2 GB memory.

From pushing the power on button, at one minute, I see the little Windows
decoration with the sliding bar.
At 1:20, I'm at the logon screen. Leaving the clock on while typing my
password:
At two minutes, I'm seeing my AV, Windows Messenger sign-on, and my sidebar
gadgets loading on the desktop.

At 2:30, all is well and ready to do what I want.

Thanks for having me test. I'll have to test with XP.

I have to get my coffee before startup. I get to sip before and after
logon.

"Ken Blake" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "DWP" <> wrote in message
> news:130DD883-9007-4B3C-AF44-...
>
>> Vista boot time Average 3 minutes & 15 seconds from POST to first view of
>> the
>> desktop screen. Much slower than XP in boot time and app response
>> therefore
>> increased memory as well as eliminated non-essential Apps.
>
>
> My personal view is that the attention many people pay to how long it
> takes
> to boot is unwarranted. Assuming that the computer's speed is otherwise
> satisfactory, it may not be worth worrying about. Most people start their
> computers once a day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of
> things, even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
> power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my coffee.
> When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how long it took to boot
> and I don't care.
>
> However, if you want to address this anyway, it may be because of what
> programs start automatically when you boot. On each program you don't want
> to start automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not
> to
> start. Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work,
> run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck
> the
> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>
>
>
> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
> the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
> should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
> *which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
> effect on performance.
>
> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
> determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the
> cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more
> information about these with at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If
> you can't find it there, try Google searches and ask about specifics here.
>
> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
> decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Desktop Experience
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>