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    Slow Vista Startup (x64)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Caviman2201, Nov 19, 2007.

  1. Caviman2201

    Caviman2201 Notebook Geek

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    I have a Lenovo ThinkPad R61 with the following specs:

    Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
    4GB DDR2-667 RAM
    60GB 7200RPM HDD
    Intel GMA X3100 Graphics

    I did a fresh install of Vista Business x64 and haven't really added much to it except Office 2007, Acrobat Pro 8.0, VMWare Workstation, Google Earth and a few odds & ends. My startup list consists of:

    Windows Defender
    Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
    ThinkVantage Active Protection System
    On screen display
    Intel(R) Common User Interface (there are 3 of these pointing to different .exe files)
    Microsoft Windows Operating System
    VirusScan Enterprise
    McAfee Common Framework
    ThinkPad Power Manager
    BLOG (something withing the Lenovo ThinkVantage software)
    Java Platform SE 6 U3
    VMWare Workstation (there are 2 of these pointing to two different .exe files)
    scheduler_proxy Application (has to do with Thinkpad System Update)
    ThinkPad EasyEject Utility
    SMax4PNP Application
    AcroTray
    QuickTime

    I have been feeling like my startup is taking too long and recently timed it. It takes exactly 1 minute to get to the Ctrl-Alt-Del screen (I'm working on a domain) and another 2 minutes before my desktop is completely loaded, sidebar & all.

    Any ideas? If you need any more info, please ask...

    Thanks in advance...
     
    Caviman2201, Nov 19, 2007
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  2. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    That seems very long since I am under a minute for boot with a VERY similiar config, and a slower processor.
     
    philfna, Nov 19, 2007
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  3. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    I've read in the forum that Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise is lighter on resources than the regular version (don't know if i'ts true) but I know that regular Mcafee can slow down a boot process
     
    John B, Nov 19, 2007
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  4. Caviman2201

    Caviman2201 Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, I'm pretty sure McAfee AV Enterprise is less resource intensive than the retail version... I had the same version (8.5i) installed on another XP machine and it booted very quickly.

    Look at it this way, I had essentially the same software setup (minus the ThinkPad stuff) on an old HP laptop I was using before w/ a P4 3.6, 1GB, 7200RPM HDD and XP Pro x32 and it booted in about 45 seconds including me entering username/pw.

    It just seems wrong that I moved to a much more powerful system w/ a lot more resources and a 64-bit OS and now its slower. Of course, once booted, the system is very fast...
     
    Caviman2201, Nov 20, 2007
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