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    Bootvis anyone?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by JPH, Feb 23, 2006.

  1. JPH

    JPH Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anybody used bootvis before?

    The boot time, according to bootvis, was an excellent 19.9secs with my old T42 (1.6, 1GB, 40GB HDD, ATI 7500 32MB) but for some reason my newer T43 (P-M750, 1Gb, 60GB HDD, X300 64MB) doesn't give me any boot time just like my desktop (AMD64 3500, 1GB, RAID0 320GB etc), although it feels faster.

    Anybody tried it before? And more importantly does anybody know why it doesn't work with the T43? As Micro$oft does not support this little utility, I have yet to find somebody who could explain this anomaly to me.
     
    JPH, Feb 23, 2006
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    Klepzeiker Notebook Consultant

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    I tried it but there was no improvement.
     
    Klepzeiker, Feb 23, 2006
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    fuyuki Notebook Evangelist

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    try it once, but didn't like it. I could just go into bios folder and change which drive to boot first.
     
    fuyuki, Feb 24, 2006
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    VidKo Notebook Consultant

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    If I remember right, this is the procedure:

    1. Start Bootvis.
    Klick Trace / Next Boot + driver delays
    Reboot and wait. Note the result.

    2. Start Bootvis.
    Klick Trace / Optimize System
    Reboot and wait, can take lots of time.

    3. Start Bootvis.
    Klick Trace / Next Boot + driver delays
    Reboot and wait. Note the result.

    Compare results from 1. and 3.

    Regards, VidKo
     
    VidKo, Feb 24, 2006
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    polish_jr Notebook Consultant

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    Vidko's got the procedure down right, I tried it last night, trimmed a good 15 seconds off my boot time... not too shabby!
     
    polish_jr, Feb 24, 2006
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    r1ckchard Notebook Guru

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    Following Vidko's procedure, my boot times were as follows:

    Initial-45.09
    Final-49.93

    Any explanations? I thought it was supposed to decrease boot time. :confused:
     
    r1ckchard, Feb 24, 2006
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    notebookn00b Notebook Geek

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    Man Bootvis (for me anyways) was AMAZING

    Old boot time was something like 2 mins +
    New boot time was 35 seconds (I'm not kidding!)
     
    notebookn00b, Feb 25, 2006
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    dane Newbie

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    I just ran boovis.exe. Now I want to break my computer.
     
    dane, Feb 26, 2006
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  9. VidKo

    VidKo Notebook Consultant

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    dane what happened?
     
    VidKo, Feb 26, 2006
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    How do you measure your boot times? The moment you eneter windows (the vertical line). Cause bootvis itself always launches at ~80 secs mark, although everything is done loading much earlier.

    I use bootvis to figure out what driver problems I am having. For some reason, every once in a while XP starts delaying my network or bluetooth drivers by 30sec, which kills everything AFTER I am in windows, before that everything is normal. So bootvis is cool.

    All what bootvis does is defrag boot files, which is something that TuneXP also does (independently, or as part of a full defrag). Not sure if one is more efficient than the other, but I don't think it would matter much!
     
    qwester, Feb 26, 2006
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  11. dane

    dane Newbie

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    Bootvis.exe slowed down my computer's booting time. It modified the values in the Memory Management key in the registry (and perhaps others). Most annoyingly, however, the logon screen, when loading, first loads the classic Windows skin and then loads the new Windows XP skin. That demonstrates a lag in performance to me. The Windows XP skin is usually loaded immediately. I never knew it could do otherwise.

    I don't know if this would bug other people--but it surely bugs me. When I merge a saved .reg file, or change the values manually, for the Memory Management key, the changes are not saved. Their previous values are restored upon reboot.
     
    dane, Feb 26, 2006
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