On Feb 25, 11:05 am, "markm75" <markm...@msn.com> wrote:
> On Feb 23, 4:13 pm, "markm75" <markm...@msn.com> wrote:
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> > Just putting this out there as a feeler for information/ideas..
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> > My vista install is x64 RTM on a Dual Core 2 1.86ghz, 2gb ram, SATA300
> > C drive, with a secondary D for data (sata 300)... This runs on an
> > Asus P5n32-sli se Deluxe motherboard (Marvell Yukon controller for
> > network, as well as a secondary Nvidia controller), the video is ATI
> > x850 pci-e x16 (has issues with opengl applications too).
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> > My bootup from the last bios letters to the logo in Vista is about
> > 39seconds to as much as 1m 45 seconds (average is 59 seconds).. The
> > old XP sp2 used to be around 1min on average as well. I've verified
> > this part is normal for windows, where it will vary in load times, ie:
> > its not hardware problems.
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> > >From the last bios screen through login (auto) till everything is
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> > loaded and ready to be used takes about 3m 50 seconds on average (its
> > been as low as 2m 8s to as much as 4m 55 seconds.. lately its
> > averaging closer to 4min).
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> > I load a bunch of stuff on startup, everything from ftp serv-u,
> > weatherbug, apc icon, download manager, outlook, msn messenger, daemon
> > tools, logmein, nod32, advanced smtp server, any IIS web server
> > related background loads, sql server 2005, and SmartSynch Pro.
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> > Ive noticed when the task bar first appears, the network icon is
> > diabled, and stays disabled almost the whole way through until the
> > last few seconds of my load times.. I have tried bringing up task
> > manager to see what is taking so long, I think once I did manage to
> > find it was an svchost.exe process, which was tied in with various
> > services (I forget which)... I've tried disabling various hardware
> > components, thus far no luck on the hardware side, so I'm fairly
> > certain its software.
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> > So any thoughts on tools, MS tools, etc to use to test what is going
> > on? I was going to use the performance tool, but I dont see an option
> > to have it start up on startup, you seem to only be able to just start
> > and stop it, which if the pc shuts off, i think it would stop. I also
> > may try disabling all startup items once and going through one by
> > one..
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> > Thanks for any other ideas.. Sorry for the long post.
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> I tested the msconfig settings (disabling startup items).. sure
> without anything loaded i get to the desktop ready to roll in about 1m
> 30 seconds.. with all my startup items this jumps to 2m50s
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> I did notice this everytime, irregardless.. processes: svchost.exe
> taking up about 50% of cpu.. with the services it is using being all
> of these.. it does eventually go away:
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> (So if it booted in 1m 30 s.. it took another 1-2 minutes before the
> cpu% would get down to normal, in particular on the svchost.exe
> process and the services below):
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> wudfsvc (windows driver foundation)
> wpdbusenum (Portable device enumerator service)
> Wdisystemhost (diagnostic system host)
> Uxsms (desktop window manager session manager)
> Umrdpservice (Terminal services usermode port redirector)
> Trkwks (Distributed link tracking client)
> TabletInputService,
> SysMain (superfetch),
> PCASVC (Program compatiblility assistant service),
> netman (Network conns)
> IPbusenum (Pnp-x ip bus enumerator)
> hiderv (human interface device access)
> emdmgmt (readyboost)
> Cscservice (offline files)
> AudioEndpointbuilder (windows audio endpoint builder).
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> I'm wondering if any of these could be safely disabled (never
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I disabled Readboost.. figuring I probably wont use it.. it resulted
in faster load times (less duration of the high initial svchost.exe
cpu %)..