Vista boot times

I've had Vista x64 installed for about 2 full months now and I've
recently begun having a **** ton of problems. One being:

[image: http://images.tomed.org/boottime.jpg]

187 seconds. What the ****.

Before you ask, here are 'my specs' (http://tomed.org/specs.htm). Lots
of fast memory, a fast processor, 7200RPM boot drive (not listed), and
****ing awful performance. What gets me is that the delayed boot time is
before I even see the "Welcome" screen.

My current boot time distribution:
1. BIOS does all its fancy stuff very quickly (about 6-7 seconds or so)
2. I get to my boot loader and it defaults to Vista after 5 seconds
(dual-booting Vista/Ubuntu).
3. I then see the Vista loading screen (black screen with green loading
bar) for about 4-5 seconds.
4. SIT AT COMPLETELY BLACK SCREEN FOR 160 SECONDS.
5. Welcome screen/load Startup apps (takes 10 seconds or so)

Naturally I tried doing a Safe boot to compare times. Unfortunately,
they are similar. It hangs after loading all of the necessary Windows
files and simply says something like "Loading..." for the 100+ seconds.

Additional Notes:
1. Windows Restore is completely disabled. This is having no impact on
my boot times.
2. This hasn't always been happening. It's just something that has
occurred in the past two weeks. The only major impact that I can think
of on my system has been installing some VMs with VMWare Workstation.
3. I've tried disabling Vista's TMM (multiple monitor crap) but it
didn't help.
4. I'm using a WDC2500 HD which has been known to impact the boot times
of Vista. However, Vista has always been installed on this drive and
didn't give me any problems for the first month and a half.

Any suggestions?


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Tomed

Hi,

For starters, run msconfig and enable boot logging on the boot tab. The
ntbtlog.txt file it creates may contain some clues. While you're in there,
you might want to check the services tab for any that were recently added by
VMWare or anything else.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Tomed" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I've had Vista x64 installed for about 2 full months now and I've
> recently begun having a **** ton of problems. One being:
>
> [image: http://images.tomed.org/boottime.jpg]
>
> 187 seconds. What the ****.
>
> Before you ask, here are 'my specs' (http://tomed.org/specs.htm). Lots
> of fast memory, a fast processor, 7200RPM boot drive (not listed), and
> ****ing awful performance. What gets me is that the delayed boot time is
> before I even see the "Welcome" screen.
>
> My current boot time distribution:
> 1. BIOS does all its fancy stuff very quickly (about 6-7 seconds or so)
> 2. I get to my boot loader and it defaults to Vista after 5 seconds
> (dual-booting Vista/Ubuntu).
> 3. I then see the Vista loading screen (black screen with green loading
> bar) for about 4-5 seconds.
> 4. SIT AT COMPLETELY BLACK SCREEN FOR 160 SECONDS.
> 5. Welcome screen/load Startup apps (takes 10 seconds or so)
>
> Naturally I tried doing a Safe boot to compare times. Unfortunately,
> they are similar. It hangs after loading all of the necessary Windows
> files and simply says something like "Loading..." for the 100+ seconds.
>
> Additional Notes:
> 1. Windows Restore is completely disabled. This is having no impact on
> my boot times.
> 2. This hasn't always been happening. It's just something that has
> occurred in the past two weeks. The only major impact that I can think
> of on my system has been installing some VMs with VMWare Workstation.
> 3. I've tried disabling Vista's TMM (multiple monitor crap) but it
> didn't help.
> 4. I'm using a WDC2500 HD which has been known to impact the boot times
> of Vista. However, Vista has always been installed on this drive and
> didn't give me any problems for the first month and a half.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> --
> Tomed

1. To check if a particular program is slowing the machine when you switch
on, e.g. an antivirus program. Go to Control Panel > Classic View >
Performance Information and Tools > Advanced Tools in the left pane. On this
screen the problem is sometimes shown. If not, click View Performance Details
in Event Log. You will notice that events in the range 100-199 are boot
events and can be followed by double-clicking them, then clicking Event Log
Online at the bottom.

2. Positive steps that you can take are to turn off ‘automatic
defragmentation’ and stop Windows Defender from scanning. Also, your
antivirus program may be scanning at boot time.

3. I don’t agree with all of these speed improvement tips but you may find
something that looks familiar, read through the list, here
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81...nce-vista.html


"Tomed" wrote:

>
> I've had Vista x64 installed for about 2 full months now and I've
> recently begun having a **** ton of problems. One being:
>
> [image: http://images.tomed.org/boottime.jpg]
>
> 187 seconds. What the ****.
>
> Before you ask, here are 'my specs' (http://tomed.org/specs.htm). Lots
> of fast memory, a fast processor, 7200RPM boot drive (not listed), and
> ****ing awful performance. What gets me is that the delayed boot time is
> before I even see the "Welcome" screen.
>
> My current boot time distribution:
> 1. BIOS does all its fancy stuff very quickly (about 6-7 seconds or so)
> 2. I get to my boot loader and it defaults to Vista after 5 seconds
> (dual-booting Vista/Ubuntu).
> 3. I then see the Vista loading screen (black screen with green loading
> bar) for about 4-5 seconds.
> 4. SIT AT COMPLETELY BLACK SCREEN FOR 160 SECONDS.
> 5. Welcome screen/load Startup apps (takes 10 seconds or so)
>
> Naturally I tried doing a Safe boot to compare times. Unfortunately,
> they are similar. It hangs after loading all of the necessary Windows
> files and simply says something like "Loading..." for the 100+ seconds.
>
> Additional Notes:
> 1. Windows Restore is completely disabled. This is having no impact on
> my boot times.
> 2. This hasn't always been happening. It's just something that has
> occurred in the past two weeks. The only major impact that I can think
> of on my system has been installing some VMs with VMWare Workstation.
> 3. I've tried disabling Vista's TMM (multiple monitor crap) but it
> didn't help.
> 4. I'm using a WDC2500 HD which has been known to impact the boot times
> of Vista. However, Vista has always been installed on this drive and
> didn't give me any problems for the first month and a half.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> --
> Tomed
>

sorry mods for replying to this thread, but its quite annoying the
AMOUNT of threads that go unanswered or just left ignored.


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wbva

Hi, wbva.

That's because you posted to a "forum" of some kind, which simply relayed
your post to the Microsoft public news server - and MAYBE will relay my
Reply back to that forum. But the process of "slurping" messages from the
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For peer-to-peer support, why not connect directly to the Microsoft server
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That one click will start your default newsreader (OE/WM/WLM - or
third-party); create the news account on the MS server, which is free and
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words, it will bring you right back here, but bypassing the middleman.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"wbva" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> sorry mods for replying to this thread, but its quite annoying the
> AMOUNT of threads that go unanswered or just left ignored.
>
>
> --
> wbva