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    waiting time at windows start

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by orbitalxp, Sep 12, 2007.

  1. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I have a little problem:

    at the boot of windows vista, my applications begin to start, and after, there's a "waiting time" of 15-20 seconds. The computer do nothing. After this "waiting time", the applications continue to start normally.

    Maybe it's an application, or I don't know.

    any idea?
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 12, 2007
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  2. Miyabina

    Miyabina Notebook Consultant

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    I had that problem when I had UAC on, and there was a program that needed my permission to run.
     
    Miyabina, Sep 12, 2007
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    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    See my tweaks below...# 2. Pls post your start time difference!!
     
    Les, Sep 12, 2007
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  4. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    UAC is off

    Maybe its NOD32? I had this with Vista home premium, and I have the same with vista ultimate ;<
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 12, 2007
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  5. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I made the optimisations, but I have always the same.

    When I make an update and reboot, I don't have this problem, I see "welcome" and my applications start direclty.
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 12, 2007
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    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    Ideally you will want to run something like BootLog XP, but that's for XP not Vista. However I don't think this particular program supports Vista. There are other programs that will do the job.

    Basicaly it will tell you how long your boot time is, and what programs and applications take long to load, it is all measured in seconds. From there you can then do, Win + R, type msconfig and remove certain programs from startup to make your boot time faster.

    You didn't state what laptop you have, but it may be the video card drivers loading, which can cause a 15 secs lag when windows is fully loaded.
     
    MilestonePC.com, Sep 12, 2007
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  7. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I'm connected with the ethernet cable, I don't have this problem.

    I suspect Asus Live Update or NOD32 to search updates at windows start, and I'm connected under Wifi, so the connection take 10-15 seconds to be ready, and these programs are waiting for the connection.

    Now I don't know if it's nod32 or asus live update.
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 12, 2007
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    Please remove Asus live update, hehe this MUST the be problem. hehe.

    Seriously though, everyone, whoever hasn't, must remove it, it is known for being buggy and cause problems like this and more.

    Nod32 should be fine, many users use it, I personally use AVG Free, but Nod32 is great.

    I suggest you have a look through threads regarding removing bloatware from your Asus notebook.
     
    MilestonePC.com, Sep 12, 2007
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  9. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    If I remove asus live update, How am I going to make bios update etc?
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 12, 2007
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  10. Liquid Steel

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    manually download the files when they are released
     
    Liquid Steel, Sep 12, 2007
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  11. MilestonePC.com

    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    That's correct, basically everyone here downloads their drivers from the Asus supports website. The general rule of thumb for updating your system is, "if it not broken, don't fix it". Which basicaly means if everything is working fine then don't update anything.

    Most people update video card driver to get a slight boost in performance.
    Once again, remove Asus Live Update, also check out threads regarding removing bloatware.
     
    MilestonePC.com, Sep 12, 2007
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    I am trying to contact MilestonePC.com. Unfortunately I am not able to contact MilestonePC by phone or e-mail! MilestonePC are you alive?
     
    Alex_f, Sep 12, 2007
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