Bootup

[Ted.]

I have recently set my bootup to Verbose settings and have a couple of
questions:

When bootup reaches the "Playing Logon Sound" it stops for about eight
seconds even though I have that option turned off in "Control Panel > Sounds
and Audio Devices".

It then shows this mesage: "Executing WgaLogon.dll" and stops for another
ten seconds. Why am I getting these messages?

 

[Twayne]

I have recently set my bootup to Verbose settings and have a couple of
questions:

When bootup reaches the "Playing Logon Sound" it stops for about eight
seconds even though I have that option turned off in "Control Panel >
Sounds and Audio Devices".

It then shows this mesage: "Executing WgaLogon.dll" and stops for
another ten seconds. Why am I getting these messages?

Umm, they're telling you what it's doing<g>? Like it should?

Apparently instead of skipping those parts of the code with a jump, the
OS just silences the speaker; interesting (and wasteful) way to do it,
but I'd guess it was done as an afterthought and this was the easiest
(laziest?) way to accomplish it.

How do you set your boot for "verbose" to get messages like that? ARe
you using a 3rd party app or is it an XP thing? I've never seen that
myself and would like to know more about it.

Cheers,

Twayne

 

[Swifty]

How do you set your boot for "verbose" to get messages like that? ARe
you using a 3rd party app or is it an XP thing? I've never seen that
myself and would like to know more about it.

Are you sure that you want it? Before Ted found out about it he just had
this nagging feeling that his bootup was a little on the slow side. Now
he's doomed to an eternity in purgatory knowing that something is
wasting 10 seconds. It will drive him to distraction every time he boots
his PC.

I'd rather go and make a pot of tea, and leave it to its own devices.