Services startup log?

Dear all,

for some time (do not know the exact time, so tracing back the culprit
service/process is impossible) some kind of service / process puts
explorer on a hold after I log in to my XP Prof. SP3 - latest patches.
Hovering the mouse over the taskbar results in a sandwatch icon and
the Start- button, quicklaunch etc. are disabled. The only way to get
some response is to ctrl-shift-esc into the task manager, kill
explorer.exe and restart it.

Using sysinternals' "autoruns"-tool reveals literally hundreds of
entries for services/processes to be started. The windows Eventlogs do
not show any errors.

So my question is: is there an application / service, that can
monitor / log _everything_ that is happening after the login so I
could try to find the item that blocks the further execution of
remaining auto-run processes and applications? I tried with a very
naive approach to kill processes from their highest PID downwards, to
no extend and I am not really happy with the prospect of disabling all
services, enabling them service-by-service, re-logon and see when the
hanging starts.

Thank you for any hints in advance
Cheers
Jakob

What processes takes up most of the CPU resources?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakob wrote:
Dear all,

for some time (do not know the exact time, so tracing back the culprit
service/process is impossible) some kind of service / process puts
explorer on a hold after I log in to my XP Prof. SP3 - latest patches.
Hovering the mouse over the taskbar results in a sandwatch icon and
the Start- button, quicklaunch etc. are disabled. The only way to get
some response is to ctrl-shift-esc into the task manager, kill
explorer.exe and restart it.

Using sysinternals' "autoruns"-tool reveals literally hundreds of
entries for services/processes to be started. The windows Eventlogs do
not show any errors.

So my question is: is there an application / service, that can
monitor / log _everything_ that is happening after the login so I
could try to find the item that blocks the further execution of
remaining auto-run processes and applications? I tried with a very
naive approach to kill processes from their highest PID downwards, to
no extend and I am not really happy with the prospect of disabling all
services, enabling them service-by-service, re-logon and see when the
hanging starts.

Thank you for any hints in advance
Cheers
Jakob

On Apr 22, 3:53*pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
What processes takes up most of the CPU resources?

System Idle (99%) and explorer (1%) ...
I have tried to locate the problem this way as well... to no extend.
Thank you for the hint anyways.

Cheers Jakob



---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakobwrote:
Dear all,

[...]
hanging starts.

Thank you for any hints in advance
Cheers
Jakob

Next step: Flush malware.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakob wrote:
On Apr 22, 3:53 pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
What processes takes up most of the CPU resources?

System Idle (99%) and explorer (1%) ...
I have tried to locate the problem this way as well... to no extend.
Thank you for the hint anyways.

Cheers Jakob



---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakobwrote:
Dear all,
[...]
hanging starts.
Thank you for any hints in advance
Cheers
Jakob

Dear Leonard,

I really make an effort to keep my system clean by running several
spy- and malware protection / cleaning applications (Spybot search &
destroy etc.(, professional virus protection (Symantec Antivir with
daily updates), I use firefox for browsing, keep a tight (3rd-party)
firewall etc. .
But still after a fresh install I tend to end up with loads of
services (SVN integration, IMs, quickstarters, databases, etc. etc. )
that things get messy.
What I am looking for is a detailed log similar to *nix-runlevel
management logfiles to trace what actually is happening. Also I seem
to be unable to figure out whether there the start of services /
processes is sequential or parallel (if it is parallel, why would a
the explorer process hang, if it is sequential, which means are
available to monitor this sequence etc).

Thank you very much for your answer
Cheers
Jakob


On Apr 22, 4:35*pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
Next step: Flush malware.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakob wrote:
On Apr 22, 3:53 pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
What processes takes up most of the CPU resources?

System Idle (99%) and explorer (1%) ...
I have tried to locate the problem this way as well... to no extend.
Thank you for the hint anyways.

Cheers Jakob

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakobwrote:
Dear all,
[...]
hanging starts.
Thank you for any hints in advance
Cheers
Jakob

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:23:12 -0700 (PDT), jakob
wrote:

On Apr 22, 3:53*pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
What processes takes up most of the CPU resources?

System Idle (99%) and explorer (1%) ...
I have tried to locate the problem this way as well... to no extend.
Thank you for the hint anyways.


System Idle is not any process at all. That's just the name for what
the system is doing when it's not doing anything. It's there to make
the total add up to 100%.

Given the numbers you quote above, you are using only 1% of the CPU--a
tiny amount--and there is no problem indicated.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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jakob

Make sure there are no unnecessary errors and warnings in Event Viewer.

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors
and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Right click on the Report in the
list and select Properties. In the window, which appears are three buttons
towards the top right of the window. The top one has an arrow up, underneath
is an arrow down and third is a button resembling two pages. Click the
button and close Event Viewer. It is not obvious but this action places a
copy of the report in your Clipboard. Now start your message (email) and do
a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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jakob wrote:
Dear Leonard,

I really make an effort to keep my system clean by running several
spy- and malware protection / cleaning applications (Spybot search &
destroy etc.(, professional virus protection (Symantec Antivir with
daily updates), I use firefox for browsing, keep a tight (3rd-party)
firewall etc. .
But still after a fresh install I tend to end up with loads of
services (SVN integration, IMs, quickstarters, databases, etc. etc. )
that things get messy.
What I am looking for is a detailed log similar to *nix-runlevel
management logfiles to trace what actually is happening. Also I seem
to be unable to figure out whether there the start of services /
processes is sequential or parallel (if it is parallel, why would a
the explorer process hang, if it is sequential, which means are
available to monitor this sequence etc).

Thank you very much for your answer
Cheers
Jakob


On Apr 22, 4:35 pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
Next step: Flush malware.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakob wrote:
On Apr 22, 3:53 pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
What processes takes up most of the CPU resources?

System Idle (99%) and explorer (1%) ...
I have tried to locate the problem this way as well... to no extend.
Thank you for the hint anyways.

Cheers Jakob

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

jakobwrote:
Dear all,
[...]
hanging starts.
Thank you for any hints in advance
Cheers
Jakob