Vista Slow boot problem solved!!

I guess not many ppl fully understand Vista then. I was just messing around with it then found the solustion. There is a new thing under user account called user account control. Turn that off then your computer will be just fine!
I started from a 3 min boot to 55second boot. I guess that thing just start scaning stuff when you computer turn on. Try it!

 

Most vista users turn off user account control (UAC) as IMHO it is quite annoying...

 

Well..... NO ONE IS SAYING THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE SLOW BOOT!!! Thanks for mentioning it!

 

Boot Fast.. Cancel or Allow?

 

Cancel. It's Vista, after all

Nah, actually I'm pretty pleased with my Vista boot time. I can get it useable from a complete shut down in under a minute.

 

My Vista Business OS boots in about a minute or so, and I still have UAC on. I don't have too many other programs set to start on bootup though.

 

Can someone describe a detailed way of shutting off UAC? User Accounts > Shut off UAC isn't working

 

Start/Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Controls/User Accounts/Turn User Account Control on or off

Restart the PC

 

it should work are you sure your reading every single word

 

Out of curiousity, what does this User Account Control do?

 

windows firewall on steriods

 

Look things up! It's Fun!

 

Turning UAC off, while cutting down on the annoying features of Vista, turns off one of the main security features of Vista. Obviously it's not designed for tech experts. It's designed for EVERYBODY ELSE...like people who just whip through installs and end up with loads of bloat, then blame it on Windows.

I'm glad your boot sped up though.

 

Turn off unncessary services in services.msc
Trim down the startup programs in msconfig.
Defragment the hard disk regularly.
Run on AC power when booting?

Fast Boot.

 

Basically MS could not be bothered to work things out properly. So they just added this thing that asks you about everything. Then if you turn it off they can blame you for everything.

Example calling customer service:
Customer: "Hi my computer will not boot anymore"
Rep: "Did you disable UAC?"
Customer: "Well yes I did, but tha..."
Rep: "Sorry, but we can not help you if you disabled UAC, please restore your OS using the restore DVD"
Customer: "!"

It's not really a feature just a security blanket for them so they can pass the buck to the customer. A real feature would have protected you core system from all programs (like unix does) and prevents programs from installing hard to remove crap on your system.

 

You may be right, but many IT pros will tell you that a high percentage of problems are User Error. MS is trying to make it noticable when people try to install something that may not be computer-friendly. I agree that it's just a way to pass the buck, but MS needs to balance user-friendliness with security. I'm simply suggesting that so many people dismiss UAC as an annoyance, but it does serve a purpose.

This reminds me of a story. A bridge in the North East was causing havoc for drivers. Its design made it susceptible to ice forming, and several cars crashed as a result. The city put out a public request for recommendations on a way to re-design the bridge to correct this problem while staying within a budget. The result:

A "watch for ice on bridge" sign was put up, and the bridge stayed the same.

 

I agree for businesses where the IT guy is trying to keep an eye on the retarded users it's a good idea to lock it down. But in a home environment where you are a person who knows what they are doing, MS should have made a better system that protects your computer but does not bug you all the time. When you turn it off you are kind of back to XP security again where programs can try to covertly install stuff.

 

Bloatware comes on all systems (which slows it down)sometimes that you cant remove so you need a clean install any way if you run into this problem again check the startup apps

 

Well I've disabled my UAC, cause its' just flipping annoying and can't even do any changes in 'cmd'.

Anyway, regarding to the thread, my stupid Vista still boots slow.

 

weird...im runnin a hp dv6500 with home premium and 2 gb ram and my bootup time is like 25 secs (to teh log in page) and then another 10-15 secs to load everything up. my shutdown time is about 30 secs roughly, which was considerably faster than xp's

have u guys messed with msconfig and turned off stupid services/start up programs? a fresh install works wnoders too, as does making sure ur comp is free of spyware and viruses...

or maybe im just one of the lucky ones with a fast bootup time..?

 

i think this is the case

 

Me think so too cause I have already disabled all the crap I don't need and it's still significantly slower than my XP bootimes (which I have also optimised). I've got 1.8GHz Duo2 with 2Gig RAM as well, but it boots very slow still.

 

Boot up time is around 50 seconds for me, with W7S T7300 1.5GB RAM.

Turning off UAC and few of the Startup items, but not the Services(what are they used to be???)

Well, does anyone know what "SM56 Helper Win32 Utility", "Raid Event Monitor" and "nwiz" are as they are among the Startup items.

 

BTW Has anyone tried Autoruns in Vista? I have used it in XP and it can help.