Using win XP home sp3.
Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to boot up.
Regards Bill

Bill P wrote:
> Using win XP home sp3.
> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to boot up.
> Regards Bill
>
>

Yeah, it's called a stop watch.

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Alias

No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA


"Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bill P wrote:
>> Using win XP home sp3.
>> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to boot
>> up.
>> Regards Bill
>>
>>
>
> Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>
> --
> Alias
>

Bill P wrote:
> No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA

I stop it when the little Internet screens appear in the systray. I
doubt an app in Windows will be able to time what happens before Windows
loads.
>
>
> "Alias"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:hsdv2f$vl0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Bill P wrote:
>>> Using win XP home sp3.
>>> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to boot
>>> up.
>>> Regards Bill
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>>
>
>


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Alias

On my machine that is not the end of the boot.


"Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bill P wrote:
>> No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA
>
> I stop it when the little Internet screens appear in the systray. I doubt
> an app in Windows will be able to time what happens before Windows loads.
>>
>>
>> "Alias"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:hsdv2f$vl0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Bill P wrote:
>>>> Using win XP home sp3.
>>>> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to boot
>>>> up.
>>>> Regards Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Alias
>

That implies that you *do* know when the "end of the boot" occurs. So it
is at that precise moment you stop the watch. :-)

Here's the deal: Once Windows is finished loading, any number of other
things might happen that use CPU cycles. For instance, your AV program
might be downloading automatic updates (or might even scan your entire
hard drive if that is how it is configured!).

So, what precisely do you want to know? You could always bring up Task
Manager or Process Explorer if you want to see at what point "things
settle down."


Bill P wrote:
> On my machine that is not the end of the boot.
>
>
> "Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:hse0n0$4dm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Bill P wrote:
>>> No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA
>>
>> I stop it when the little Internet screens appear in the systray. I
>> doubt an app in Windows will be able to time what happens before
>> Windows loads.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Alias"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:hsdv2f$vl0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Bill P wrote:
>>>>> Using win XP home sp3.
>>>>> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to
>>>>> boot up.
>>>>> Regards Bill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alias

No, I don't know when the end of the boot occurs. I do know that things are
still loading after the icons appear in the systray.
It would be nice to know the time it takes for everything to load so that
any changes to the system can be monitored. I read some time ago that there
was an app that loaded an icon on your desktop at the very end of boot but I
have forgotten what it was and how it was applied.

"Daave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> That implies that you *do* know when the "end of the boot" occurs. So it
> is at that precise moment you stop the watch. :-)
>
> Here's the deal: Once Windows is finished loading, any number of other
> things might happen that use CPU cycles. For instance, your AV program
> might be downloading automatic updates (or might even scan your entire
> hard drive if that is how it is configured!).
>
> So, what precisely do you want to know? You could always bring up Task
> Manager or Process Explorer if you want to see at what point "things
> settle down."
>
>
> Bill P wrote:
>> On my machine that is not the end of the boot.
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:hse0n0$4dm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Bill P wrote:
>>>> No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA
>>>
>>> I stop it when the little Internet screens appear in the systray. I
>>> doubt an app in Windows will be able to time what happens before
>>> Windows loads.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Alias"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:hsdv2f$vl0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Bill P wrote:
>>>>>> Using win XP home sp3.
>>>>>> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to
>>>>>> boot up.
>>>>>> Regards Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alias
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>
>
>

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Bill P wrote:

> No, I don't know when the end of the boot occurs. I do know that things are
> still loading after the icons appear in the systray.
> It would be nice to know the time it takes for everything to load so that
> any changes to the system can be monitored. I read some time ago that there
> was an app that loaded an icon on your desktop at the very end of boot but I
> have forgotten what it was and how it was applied.
>
> "Daave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>That implies that you *do* know when the "end of the boot" occurs. So it
>>is at that precise moment you stop the watch. :-)
>>
>>Here's the deal: Once Windows is finished loading, any number of other
>>things might happen that use CPU cycles. For instance, your AV program
>>might be downloading automatic updates (or might even scan your entire
>>hard drive if that is how it is configured!).
>>
>>So, what precisely do you want to know? You could always bring up Task
>>Manager or Process Explorer if you want to see at what point "things
>>settle down."
>>
>>
>>Bill P wrote:
>>
>>>On my machine that is not the end of the boot.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:hse0n0$4dm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>>Bill P wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA
>>>>
>>>>I stop it when the little Internet screens appear in the systray. I
>>>>doubt an app in Windows will be able to time what happens before
>>>>Windows loads.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Alias"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>news:hsdv2f$vl0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>
>>>>>>Bill P wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Using win XP home sp3.
>>>>>>>Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to
>>>>>>>boot up.
>>>>>>>Regards Bill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Alias
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Bill, there are a couple of "Time" settings in XP that may be of help.
Try this: Right click My Computer>click Properties>click Advanced
tab>Startup and Recovery click Settings>System startup>Set them where you
want them
HTH

>WT<

"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...8232b5a0cfb497
>
> Bill P wrote:
>
>> No, I don't know when the end of the boot occurs. I do know that things
>> are still loading after the icons appear in the systray.
>> It would be nice to know the time it takes for everything to load so that
>> any changes to the system can be monitored. I read some time ago that
>> there was an app that loaded an icon on your desktop at the very end of
>> boot but I have forgotten what it was and how it was applied.
>>
>> "Daave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>That implies that you *do* know when the "end of the boot" occurs. So it
>>>is at that precise moment you stop the watch. :-)
>>>
>>>Here's the deal: Once Windows is finished loading, any number of other
>>>things might happen that use CPU cycles. For instance, your AV program
>>>might be downloading automatic updates (or might even scan your entire
>>>hard drive if that is how it is configured!).
>>>
>>>So, what precisely do you want to know? You could always bring up Task
>>>Manager or Process Explorer if you want to see at what point "things
>>>settle down."
>>>
>>>
>>>Bill P wrote:
>>>
>>>>On my machine that is not the end of the boot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>news:hse0n0$4dm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>>>Bill P wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>No Good. How do you know when to stop the watch . SA
>>>>>
>>>>>I stop it when the little Internet screens appear in the systray. I
>>>>>doubt an app in Windows will be able to time what happens before
>>>>>Windows loads.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Alias"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:hsdv2f$vl0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Bill P wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Using win XP home sp3.
>>>>>>>>Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a machine to
>>>>>>>>boot up.
>>>>>>>>Regards Bill
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yeah, it's called a stop watch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Alias
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Alias
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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Bill P <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Using win XP home sp3.
> Is there an app that will time how long it takes for a
> machine to boot up. Regards Bill

I've never found anything to rival bootvis but I can give you a head-up.
Bootvis, at least in all the people I know who tried it, including myself,
have found it won't work in SP3. Remember, it hasn't had any support in a
long, long time.