BootLog XP - How Long Is Your Startup?

hey everyone,

i've just been thinking my startup on my asus w5a is pretty slow. i thought i'd make a poll so we can see what everyone else gets.

the link for the 30-day trial is:
BOOTLOG XP

ASUS W5A 1.73ghz
1.25GB ram

Startup includes:
intel wireless stuff
bluetooth/wireless console
battery life

that's about it.



i get : 93 seconds

 

I have a 1.86 GHz centrino, and 512 Mb memory.
I have antivirus (NOD32), CHC, messenger and a few small programs. On top of this is all the network and wireless stuff.
I tested my boottime and got 100 sec.
After this, i used tweakXP (small program which enables you to tweak a lot of different stuff, can't remember where I got it but it's freeware).
Tweak XP rearanged my bootfiles and at the second test i was down to 88 sec!!

That's quite a good improvement...

 

where 's the fucntion to rearrange bootfiles?

 

the prgoram is called TuneXP forgot the website but if u do some googling u'll find it out its a freeware and there is an option to rearrange startup files or something like that

 

Yeah, the program is called TuneXP or DriverHeaven TuneXP 1.5. The function to rearange bootfiles is under the memory menu, at the bottom: "Ultra fast booting (rearanging bootfiles).

 

20-25 here.

 

You can tune your boot programs manually too. Go to Start-Run and type msconfig.
Go to the startup tab. Here you can look at all the carbage that has been building up on your once so speedy notebook.
Most likely the average user will see a whole list of applications here that will seriously bog down your boot time.
Uncheck them all except the windows processes and restart, I bet you will startup at least 50% faster.

Careful: If you don't know what processes you are stopping here, certain functions may be disabled. You can download a freeware procesviewer to see what they are.

Anyway, you can always check them again if you really need them.......

 

Timed my bootup at 24 seconds.

I used TuneXP to defrag/re-arrange boot files, then I also set the HDD to #1, and reduced the number of start up programs. Worked pretty good!

 

I had 26 seconds when I reviewed my lappy, gonna test it out later..

 

tune xp and ultra fast booting....it's been like 1 hour and it's still defragging...problemo?

 

its taking more than one hour. the 'busy' lil blue icon that lights up on the computers was flashing before but now has stopped flashing. but the dos program 'drfmnt' or something..is still running.

i opened task manager and it says it's using 99 cpu usage and opening the graph thing, it's using continuous 100%.

do i wait? or is it done?

 

How are you timing that? Like, from pushing the button to login/welcome, or until the computer is fully logged in and ready to go? Mine takes about 45 seconds from pushing the button until XP is logged in and my wireless connection is established (I have autologin enabled, and the wireless connection is the last thing that happens).

 

um..its been like 2 hours now...would is still be defragmenting?

 

ooh..i see...only took the first 5 seconds.but the window stayed open lol..

but why use 100% usage? slowed downcomp so much thot stil running

 

Mine took like 20 minutes (until the DOS prompt closed) and never used more than like 15% cpu...

 

oh anyways it worked..i'm getting 19 second startup from logging in now..(that's from manual typing from typing password and pressing log in).

but it takes another 40 seconds to load windows and boot up everything until it gets to the log in screen

i dunno with the ppl wit 30 sec boots...is that including turning the notebook on and then logging in...or just logging in? cos 30 second bootup + log in....that's bizarre

 

Wow, suprisingly I got 17 secs on my new W2v.

I thought it was longer than this. But then it doesnt include me logging on which took 200+ secs to log in

 

what system r u using djembe?

also, what are the lowest speeds for wireless centrino models..

because i'm wondering if it is wireless stuff that's slowing me down

 

Don't forget that devices hanging on the machine have a slowing effect.

I have a 7 port usb hub connected with camera, cd library, 200G external hd, iPaq 4700 cradle, MX1000 lasermouse........

If I disconnect everything at boot, I will boot very fast. But with all this stuff connected it takes a while for the drivers to settle.

 

Z71v, and I typically have between 55 and 60 processes running when I open Task Manager

 

My wireless doesn't slow down the startup at all, it just takes a few extra seconds to make the connection, but I can open stuff while that is going on...

 

I've got my wireless set to connect prior to Windows login, so it may have an effect.

 

yeah actually i think i hav that too...

just i didn't know bootlog included the windows startup

 

Original boot time was 185 secs. After some cleaning and defrag with TuneXP booting is now down to 109s. Quite a change. :base:

 

Congrats! That's about 50% faster boottime.

Off Topic: How are things in beautiful New Zealand? I've been living there for 4 years..........

 

Well, according to the bootlog thing, I get 26 seconds, and I have 32 processes running after startup...

 

i don't get downbyfive..

i have a asus w5a...1.73ghz, 1.25GB ram, and 80gb HD...but how come mine takes so much longer?

processes to a minmum

 

Yeah good here if your wernt affected by a couple of Natural Disasters (Lots of Rain over Winter), A few people displaced.

http://twm.co.nz/floodbop05.html

Were moving into spring/summer so unsettled weather untill summer, we will have to live with.

 

i think i had the same problem. Try dragging the pop-up that's on the screen. There is another popup behind that one.

 

i think its done

 

I have found that the major contributor to slow boot times is AV software, in my case it was norton (norton systemwork pro 05, 04 and 03 before that) to be exact. This tripled boot times on both my laptops and my desktop pc. I have just recently uninstalled that beast and gone for the free AVG antivirus program. Boot times are back to a decent level, the pc is faster on the whole and the avg actually deletes virus's from email attachements, unlike norton which would say that found a virus but then failed to remove it?. I could list around 10+ other major problems I had with norton stuffing up my pc but wont. My advice is to shop around for a different AV program if you are finding boot times to be unacceptably long.

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Im on an Asus W3V 1.86Ghz, 1.5GB RAM and my start up is pretty quick, I'd say 40 seconds, and thats will loads of other stuff running, I shall try and make it as quick as pos

 

Since my current laptop has a dead harddrive and I won't be getting my new Asus W3V for another week or two, I thought I'd run this on my custom desktop. Total time was 53 seconds, which included me having select which OS to boot, logging in with a password and allowing StyleXP to automatically reapply my theme. It also seemed to me that the Welcome screen hung for about 10 seconds, which doesn't usually happen. However, the System Boot time of 2.4 seconds made me smile.

 

I have a bunch of stuff load with windows So my times pretty much so suck.

I have about 47 processes when my computer loads! My desktop has around 30.

Path: System
Start: 0 sec Duration: 56.919 sec
ID: 4 02.01.2006 18:17:44.329
DLL's:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\CmBatt.sys Start: 0 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ATITool.sys Start: 1.497 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\AmdK8.sys Start: 1.502 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\VIDEOPRT.SYS Start: 1.527 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ati2mtag.sys Start: 1.53 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\USBPORT.SYS Start: 1.533 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\usbohci.sys Start: 1.533 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys Start: 1.535 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys Start: 1.538 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys Start: 1.539 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ks.sys Start: 1.543 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys Start: 1.543 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys Start: 1.692 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys Start: 1.695 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\USBD.SYS Start: 1.7 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\SynTP.sys Start: 1.7 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys Start: 1.701 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\Rtlnicxp.sys Start: 1.705 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\bcmwl5.sys Start: 1.714 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\nic1394.sys Start: 1.716 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\tifm21.sys Start: 1.719 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\sdbus.sys Start: 1.722 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\camc6hal.sys Start: 1.73 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\drmk.sys Start: 1.733 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\portcls.sys Start: 1.733 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\camc6aud.sys Start: 1.733 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\SCSIPORT.SYS Start: 12.922 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\dtscsi.sys Start: 12.922 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\wmiacpi.sys Start: 12.351 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\audstub.sys Start: 12.351 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rasl2tp.sys Start: 12.356 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ndistapi.sys Start: 12.357 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ndiswan.sys Start: 12.361 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\raspppoe.sys Start: 12.365 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\TDI.SYS Start: 12.367 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\raspptp.sys Start: 12.367 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\psched.sys Start: 12.369 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\msgpc.sys Start: 12.371 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ptilink.sys Start: 12.378 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\raspti.sys Start: 12.379 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\hamachi.sys Start: 12.379 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rdpdr.sys Start: 12.386 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\termdd.sys Start: 12.387 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\swenum.sys Start: 12.389 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\update.sys Start: 12.401 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mssmbios.sys Start: 12.404 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\amdtools.sys Start: 12.405 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS Start: 12.785 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys Start: 12.921 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Fdc.SYS Start: 16.517 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Flpydisk.SYS Start: 16.521 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Sfloppy.SYS Start: 16.525 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Cdaudio.SYS Start: 16.529 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Fs_Rec.SYS Start: 16.533 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Null.SYS Start: 16.535 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Beep.SYS Start: 16.535 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\HIDPARSE.SYS Start: 16.537 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\kbdhid.sys Start: 16.537 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\vga.sys Start: 16.542 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\mnmdd.SYS Start: 16.551 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\RDPCDD.sys Start: 16.557 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Msfs.SYS Start: 16.564 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Npfs.SYS Start: 16.565 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rasacd.sys Start: 16.565 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ipsec.sys Start: 16.568 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\tcpip.sys Start: 16.573 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\wpsdrvnt.sys Start: 16.581 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\netbt.sys Start: 16.587 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\afd.sys Start: 16.591 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys Start: 16.594 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\processr.sys Start: 16.594 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys Start: 16.603 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\PQNTDrv.SYS Start: 16.605 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys Start: 16.613 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Fips.SYS Start: 16.616 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys Start: 16.62 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\wanarp.sys Start: 16.633 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\arp1394.sys Start: 16.639 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\EABFiltr.sys Start: 16.686 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Cdfs.SYS Start: 17.51 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\tifsfilt.sys Start: 22.465 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ndisuio.sys Start: 22.997 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\wg3n.sys Start: 23.419 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\wg4n.sys Start: 23.422 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\wg5n.sys Start: 23.441 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\wg6n.sys Start: 23.444 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\wdmaud.sys Start: 26.195 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sysaudio.sys Start: 26.203 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\splitter.sys Start: 26.263 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\aec.sys Start: 26.282 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\swmidi.sys Start: 26.306 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\DMusic.sys Start: 26.323 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys Start: 25.343 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\drmkaud.sys Start: 25.364 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mrxdav.sys Start: 39.791 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\Parport.SYS Start: 39.885 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mdmxsdk.sys Start: 39.776 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\secdrv.sys Start: 40.108 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\srv.sys Start: 40.161 sec
C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGNTDW.SYS Start: 44.95 sec
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\HTTP.sys Start: 56.838 sec

 

there isn't an area for less than 0.01 second! Oh well, I guess its 20-45s for me.

 

it takes 95 seconds on my w7j. But it seems the only thing slowing it down are 2 svchost.exe anyone would know why?

here's the txt file

Started at: 14.08.2006 12:35:55.066
System Start: 14.08.2006 12:35:55.066 Duration: 96.958 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\smss.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:00.296 Duration: 3.596 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\autochk.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:00.838 Duration: 0 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:03.648 Duration: 6.072 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:07.902 Duration: 38.281 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:10.902 Duration: 58.713 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:10.934 Duration: 44.338 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:14.696 Duration: 79.949 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:15.908 Duration: 4.67 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\logonui.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:15.980 Duration: 3.56 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:16.100 Duration: 84.027 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:16.674 Duration: 48.543 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:17.210 Duration: 85.752 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:21.180 Duration: 25.991 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:26.484 Duration: 0.172 sec
D:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:26.816 Duration: 69.225 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\verclsid.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:30.180 Duration: 0.235 sec
D:\WINDOWS\ATK0100\HControl.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:32.276 Duration: 20.689 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:32.730 Duration: 3.692 sec
D:\Program Files\ASUS\Splendid\ACMON.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:32.720 Duration: 24.852 sec
D:\WINDOWS\ABLKSR\ABLKSR.EXE Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:33.556 Duration: 0.589 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\ACEngSvr.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:35.272 Duration: 12.545 sec
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:35.372 Duration: 2.566 sec
D:\WINDOWS\Alcmtr.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:35.574 Duration: 0.837 sec
D:\WINDOWS\ime\imjp8_1\imjpmig.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:36.086 Duration: 0.999 sec
D:\WINDOWS\ime\imkr6_1\imekrmig.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:36.678 Duration: 0.226 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\PINTLGNT\IMSCINST.EXE Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:36.960 Duration: 0.199 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:36.488 Duration: 0.063 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:36.612 Duration: 0.005 sec
D:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:37.292 Duration: 7.122 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:37.308 Duration: 8.873 sec
D:\Program Files\Notebook Hardware Control\nhc.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:37.546 Duration: 12.282 sec
D:\Program Files\Wireless Console 2\wcourier.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:37.474 Duration: 13.193 sec
D:\WINDOWS\ATK0100\ATKOSD.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:38.248 Duration: 12.439 sec
D:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:38.846 Duration: 24.514 sec
D:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:39.214 Duration: 2.87 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:40.304 Duration: 2.313 sec
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:40.536 Duration: 61.141 sec
D:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\pg2.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:40.662 Duration: 1.433 sec
D:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorsvw.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:46.558 Duration: 2.036 sec
D:\Program Files\Greatis\BootLog XP\BootLogXP.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:47.010 Duration: 38.15 sec
D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Yahoo! Widget Engine\YahooWidgetEngine.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:47.680 Duration: 47.325 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:47.940 Duration: 34.755 sec
D:\Program Files\ASUS\Splendid\AC_Splash.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:48.252 Duration: 5.82 sec
D:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:49.380 Duration: 10.527 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:49.762 Duration: 0.049 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:49.648 Duration: 4.054 sec
D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Yahoo! Widget Engine\YahooWidgetEngine.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:36:59.450 Duration: 1.026 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\imapi.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:12.862 Duration: 13.153 sec
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\avast.setup Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:13.932 Duration: 21.573 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:23.362 Duration: 1.723 sec
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:25.308 Duration: 6.292 sec
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:26.446 Duration: 0.671 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\WgaTray.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:28.648 Duration: 7.564 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\alg.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:30.638 Duration: 0.574 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:34.926 Duration: 2.599 sec
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\setup.ovr Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:41.258 Duration: 0.579 sec
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe Start: 14.08.2006 12:37:42.796 Duration: 0 sec
Monitoring stopped at: 14.08.2006 12:37:42.796
Duration: 107.73 sec

 

Just FYI, if anyone is thinking about d'loading TweakXP 1.5 from DriverHeaven, you may want to think twice. Apparently, alot of people are having system quirks after using it, if you can even install it. I read about how great it worked and tried downloading, but I kept getting error messages. Then I visited the DriverHeaven forums : here and folks are reporting some weird issues. Looks like DForce, the author, stopped updating the prog almost 2 years ago and MS SP2 has been causing problems with the programs execution.

I don't doubt this is (was) a cool utility that helped many, but I don't wanna bork my OS just for a faster boot. Any other input or ideas would be appreciated.

 

It would be interesting to know what drives people are using. For example, my 7200rpm drive will boot up much faster than my 5400rpm drives.

 

I have a 1.83 W3J I purchased a new 160gb Seagate 5400.3 perpendicular drive, I reinstalled windows and the boot was super quick 30 sec, and that was from the point of pushing the power button, logging in and when windows finished loading and the HDD stoped flashing.

Since then I have loaded a lot of software and the drive only has 14% free space, now I timeded strtup with bootlog and the time has going up to 1:30.

Like MrBamboo, I have 3 instances of svchost.exe that contributes to a whopping 80% of my start up time, get rid of those and I will be back down to 30 sec! but I have a snaeky suspicion it is because of all of the software I have loaded.............

 

Same here, Zone Alarm Pro and AVG made my desktop ridiculously slow.

 

My desktop boots up in 30 seconds right now... However with a fresh reformat, it boots up in less than 20 seconds!

I'm running an AMD 64 3200+ @ 2.51ghz, 2GB's RAM, 2x160GB HD's etc.

EDIT:

Those of you with slow boot times, here are a few things to try...

- Download and run both Ad-aware and Spybot and get rid of all that spyware
- Run Disk Defragmenter (Start > Programs > Accessories > System tools > Disk Defragmenter )
- Run Disk Cleanup (Start > Programs > Accessories > System tools > Disk Cleanup )
- Go to msconfig and get rid of all the apps that you don't need to boot at startup.
( Start > Run > "msconfig" > startup )
- Then there are various programs out there that you can "tune" xp with like TuneXP. Etc.

 

For those of you with 30-40 seconds or lower.

What antivirus software are you using?

I'm using avast and its "On-access scanner" loads up really slow.

 

AV running..... Nod 32

I was also looking on the net to see if I could trim down the instances of svchost.exe, i found this:

Theres several instances of svchost.exe running, this is normal but if you want to see what services each instance of svchost is starting, then go to the run command & type :

tasklist /svc >c:\tasklist.txt

Then open the text file & have a look.

Although even doing a windows find, I cant find the output txt file?

 

That's what i get...

 

I have a Thinkpad PIII 1.0 ghz, 384 mb ram and I average about 70 sec to boot up and start running XP. I have this thing optimized....most of the Thinkpad drivers are turned off, no sys restore, no anti virus etc.

I was suprised that all of your top of the line laptops aren't destroying my ancient Thinkpad. Wierd...

 

I think it also depends on the user, you are obvuiously very disciplined and keep things running to a minimum which takes some effort to maintain but does help speed up the system.

when I first installed and had a few programs and nod32 AV running it would boot up in 30 sec, from pushing the button to ready to use.

But since then I have loaded a heap of software and data on my laptop, so now the boot is 1:30.

I was reading last nite in some other forum sume guy just had the bare minimum of software 4-5 progs max, but to be honest my last laptop was a 6 year old Compaq so due to resources I could only run several programs.

lets put it this way I brought my laptop so i could use all of the resource hungry 2D,+ 3D, drafting, modelling, photo, video music editing progarms I have with ease.

its like when you see a really old guy puttering around in a V8 sports car, rpm never goes over 2k.... I always think.......what a waste ha ha

 

svchost.exe 984 DcomLaunch, TermService
svchost.exe 1096 RpcSs
svchost.exe 1140 AudioSrv, BITS, Browser, CryptSvc, Dhcp,
dmserver, ERSvc, EventSystem,
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility, helpsvc,
lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Netman,
Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon, SENS,
SharedAccess, ShellHWDetection, TapiSrv,
Themes, TrkWks, W32Time, winmgmt, wscsvc,
wuauserv, WZCSVC
svchost.exe 1232 Dnscache
svchost.exe 1280 Alerter, LmHosts, RemoteRegistry, SSDPSRV,
WebClient
svchost.exe 3308 HTTPFilter

these are the svchosts.

well like 3 of them are taking up 70-80 seconds on the boot. Any idea which ones and why and how to fix this?

 

so anyone wanna tell me why it takes so long for me to boot? D:

 

yea mine takes 94 seconds! I have 2.0 ghz W3J with 2 gig ram!! WTH!

It could be that I have 7 devices connected to it all the time through USB but I mean come on!

edit: I just installed TuneXP and tweaked it.. I also disabled some services.. now I'm UP TO 96 SECONDS!! WTFF I'm about to cry!