[insty]

Hi~

I recently just did the swap to Vista (2 days ago) on my machine.

Since changing over my machine has been nothing but problems, with one of the main factors being boot time.

This is my current system:

Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-DS3R
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13ghz)
Ram: Corsair Twinx 4GB DDR2-800
GPU: GeForce 8600GT (1gb)
HDS: 2 x 500gb, 1 x 250gb, 1 x 300gb

I have uploaded my Event Viewer log (evtx) in hope that someone can help me diagnose my issues with these problems.

Thanks!

[Elvandil]

Boot times are typically long with Vista. It does disk checks, self-diagnostics and repair, checks for hardware changes, and verifies activation, among other things. What is the problrm with yours?

[insty]

Originally Posted by Elvandil

Boot times are typically long with Vista. It does disk checks, self-diagnostics and repair, checks for hardware changes, and verifies activation, among other things. What is the problrm with yours?

Well, compared to my laptop which has lower specs to my desktop machine, my laptop loads almost instantly without issues.


My machine is on constant load from the Welcome screen for about 3-5mins within this time I generally can't do anything due to the lag of it all.

When checking the Task Mgr I don't see anything that is putting any real strain onto the CPU or Ram which is making me a tad confused also.

Thanks for any help.

[Rollin' Rog]

It's not possible to read that event log in any practical way.

Go to Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Advanced and look at the Reliability index for any flagged problems there.

If something is consistently affecting boot times, it should noted there.

There is also a special section of the Event Viewer related to boot times >>

Application and Service Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Diagnostic Performance.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=246

Try testing with Clean Boot Troubleshooting techniques >>

Run msconfig and select the "Services" tab. Check "Hide Microsoft Services" and then disable the rest. Also uncheck "load startup group" on the general page.

See one or both of these links for detailed information. The second is for Vista -- but it is actually the best written and applies equally.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Now restart and test the issue at hand

If no problems, run msconfig and recheck half the disabled items on the Services tab. Test again. If the problem recurs, UNcheck half the items you just checked to narrow down the culprit.

If the problem didn't occur, check the other half, so all the Services are enabled -- proceed to do this on the startup tab as well.

Get the idea? You want to isolate the problem to a specific startup if possible.

Note: if you already have items unchecked under msconfig > startups and are in “selective” startup mode – you should note what these are before beginning. They will need to be de-selected again.

[insty]

Gave what you listed a shot, still slow on the load up.

Welcome screen hangs for about 20-30 seconds (Laptop hangs for about 5 seconds).

System is still trying to load resources judging by the noise that my Windows HD is making now.

Running out of ideas

[Elvandil]

Actually, the lower-end machines may boot faster in most cases. The less they have to load, the simpler the drivers, and the lower the RAM, the faster they will boot. I notice an appreciable increase in boot time whenever I add RAM to a machine.

[Rollin' Rog]

10 to 15 seconds would probably be about normal -- but this can vary from boot to boot for some reason. If this occured during a clean boot there is likely nothing you can do about it.

If you did not do a clean boot -- and the system has Norton or McAfee -- try uninstalling it.

You might test under the guest or a new user account -- though you will probably have to boot it more than once for the test.

If you haven't upgraded to SP1 -- try that -- there are some improvements that may make a difference.

[rwt1933]

I use "Delayed start" feature in Win Patrol free version for programs I want running although not right away. This allows me to start-up programs like e-mail faster. Does not solve the basic problem, just makes it less inconvenient.