Another slow boot-up problem

My computer takes about 3 times the time it should booting up.
Does anyone know of a utility that will show the timing of the sequence of
the bootup?

Thanks,

--
- Jake

It will not show the timing per say but...
If you want to dig deeper:
Try Autoruns from the MS Windows SysInternals site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx

AutoRuns will show/list all apps/etc. that load/run when you first boot
(Boot Execute tab),
when you logon (Logon tab) and other programs that load (grouped by labeled
tabs) for easy viewing.

It also provides the ability to selectively allows you to stop (use with
care) any program that you don't want to load. You can undo any changes you
have made.

Note: To get additional details on an item in the list you may need to
highlight the item (right click) and use the 'Search Online' option to get
the details, especially useful for the more obscure items in the list.

JS

"Jake Horn" wrote in message
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My computer takes about 3 times the time it should booting up.
Does anyone know of a utility that will show the timing of the sequence of
the bootup?

Thanks,

--
- Jake

you should attempt
to boot up in safemode
and then safemode w/
networking to compare
the time with normal
mode windows.

--

db·´¯`·...¸)))º


"Jake Horn" wrote in message
. ..
My computer takes about 3 times the time it should booting up.
Does anyone know of a utility that will show the timing of the sequence of the
bootup?

Thanks,

--
- Jake

On Sun, 25 May 2008 12:07:58 -0400, "Jake Horn"
wrote:

My computer takes about 3 times the time it should booting up.
Does anyone know of a utility that will show the timing of the sequence of
the bootup?


Exactly how long is "3 times the time it should"?

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 do want to address it, it may be because of what
programs start automatically, and you may want to stop some of them
from starting that way. On each program you don't want to start
automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not to
start (make sure you actually choose the option not to run it, not
just a "don't show icon" option). 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 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
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