I used the bootvis utility to troubleshoot long startups some time ago and
loved it. While it's optimization technique is apparently built into
Windows XP, it gave me a clear and visible graph of what was taking so long
so I could disable it if not needed. Microsoft discontinued it but I still
have a copy. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work any more. I get an
error: "file is not in recognizable format" when I try to open the .bin
file it creates.

Does anyone know how to get it to run right or have a replacement product
that does the same thing?

DCG

Try BootLog XP
http://greatis.com/utilities/bootlogxp/

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DC Gringo wrote:
> I used the bootvis utility to troubleshoot long startups some time ago and
> loved it. While it's optimization technique is apparently built into
> Windows XP, it gave me a clear and visible graph of what was taking so long
> so I could disable it if not needed. Microsoft discontinued it but I still
> have a copy. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work any more. I get an
> error: "file is not in recognizable format" when I try to open the .bin
> file it creates.
>
> Does anyone know how to get it to run right or have a replacement product
> that does the same thing?
>
> DCG
>
>

Get Bootvis 1.3.36, delete all your traces, and run them again. It will
work. 1.3.37 introduced some problems with SATA drives.

"DC Gringo" wrote:

> I used the bootvis utility to troubleshoot long startups some time ago and
> loved it. While it's optimization technique is apparently built into
> Windows XP, it gave me a clear and visible graph of what was taking so long
> so I could disable it if not needed. Microsoft discontinued it but I still
> have a copy. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work any more. I get an
> error: "file is not in recognizable format" when I try to open the .bin
> file it creates.
>
> Does anyone know how to get it to run right or have a replacement product
> that does the same thing?
>
> DCG
>
>
>

f'ups set to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

wojie wrote:
> Get Bootvis 1.3.36, delete all your traces, and run them again. It
> will work. 1.3.37 introduced some problems with SATA drives.

REally? Good to know: Can you cite an article or URL for clarification and
details?

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