boot ime and shut down time query.........

[jimbo]

Does anyone know How to speed up the boot up and close down times in XP
safely ?
mines taking at least 3-4 minutes both times ( it's a new installation)

Many thanks,

jimbo

 

[Guest]

Hello Jimbo,

Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it
takes to boot to WindowsXP
The program is called BootVis

1. Uncompress the file.
2. Run BOOTVIS.EXE
3. For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
4. This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark
5. After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of
your system startup.
6. Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red
vertical line)
7. Then run Trace / Optimize System
8. Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
9. Note how much the time has decreased
10. Mine went from approximately 39 to 30 seconds.


Aanang Kumar
Support Engineer
Windows XP
Microsoft Corporation.