Optimize Windows XP boot?

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Wishmaster

Hello!

My booting of Windows XP Professional SP2 takes about 2 minutes.

Seems that a lot of time is spent loading drivers (Serial ATA, video card,
printer, scanner, network card, modem, and VMware install many drivers) and
services (VNC, MBM5, a few others).

Any program to optimize the XP booting? i.e. Show me what are the drivers
that spend more time loading?
 
Wishmaster said:
Hello!

My booting of Windows XP Professional SP2 takes about 2 minutes.

Seems that a lot of time is spent loading drivers (Serial ATA, video card,
printer, scanner, network card, modem, and VMware install many drivers) and
services (VNC, MBM5, a few others).

Any program to optimize the XP booting? i.e. Show me what are the drivers
that spend more time loading?

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Trim down the startup files. I prefer mine to be empty. I start whatever
program
I want when needed rather than to have it start up initially and be running
in the background.
 
Wishmaster said:
Hello!

My booting of Windows XP Professional SP2 takes about 2 minutes.

Seems that a lot of time is spent loading drivers (Serial ATA, video
card, printer, scanner, network card, modem, and VMware install many
drivers) and services (VNC, MBM5, a few others).

Any program to optimize the XP booting? i.e. Show me what are the
drivers that spend more time loading?
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Google for bootvis. It is MS tool for optimizing XP boot. Be sure to
have Task Scheduler service not disabled like I did :)

DC
 
Hello!

My booting of Windows XP Professional SP2 takes about 2 minutes.

Seems that a lot of time is spent loading drivers (Serial ATA, video
card, printer, scanner, network card, modem, and VMware install many
drivers) and services (VNC, MBM5, a few others).

Any program to optimize the XP booting? i.e. Show me what are the
drivers that spend more time loading?
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Holy Frijoles! 2 minutes? I last time I timed mine (3 ghz 800 FSB, 512
RAM) it took about 20 seconds. My work PC (1.6 ghz, 1 gig RAM) boots
about the same.

BootVis baby.

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BootVis.exe Tool for System Manufacturers
Updated: September 19, 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/BootVis.mspx
About Bootvis.exe
Bootvis.exe is a performance tracing and visualization tool that
Microsoft designed to help PC system designers and software
developers identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while
developing new PC products or supporting software.

Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve
boot/resume performance for end users. Contrary to some published
reports, Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system's boot or
resume performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by
Bootvis.exe are built into Windows XP. These routines run
automatically at pre-determined times as part of the normal
operation of the operating system.

If you are an end-user seeking to resolve issues for boot/resume
performance on your PC, we recommend that you contact the vendor
from whom you purchased the PC. For information from Microsoft on
specific issues, you can search Knowledge Base for Windows XP
product issues related to "resume time." Knowledge Base is a free
information service available at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

You can also post questions to the Microsoft Windows XP Newsgroups
at:
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/?pr=newsgwinxp&Product=winxp

If you are a software developer or system designer seeking assistance
for using Bootvis.exe in your development efforts, please work with
your usual Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) contacts for
developer support. To get developer support if you do not already
have a contact, please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/

The Bootvis.exe tool is no longer available from this site.

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Google for bootvis. It is MS tool for optimizing XP boot. Be sure to
have Task Scheduler service not disabled like I did :)

DC
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Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve boot/resume
performance for end users. Contrary to some published reports,
Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system's boot or resume
performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by Bootvis.exe are
built into Windows XP. These routines run automatically at
pre-determined times as part of the normal operation of the operating
system. If you are an end-user seeking to resolve issues for boot/resume
performance on your PC, we recommend that you contact the vendor from
whom you purchased the PC.
 
(e-mail address removed)-dot-au.no-spam.invalid (jmatt) wrote in
BootVis.exe Tool for System Manufacturers
Updated: September 19, 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/BootV
is.mspx About Bootvis.exe
Bootvis.exe is a performance tracing and visualization tool that
Microsoft designed to help PC system designers and software
developers identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while
developing new PC products or supporting software.

Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve
boot/resume performance for end users. Contrary to some published
reports, Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system's boot or
resume performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by
Bootvis.exe are built into Windows XP. These routines run
automatically at pre-determined times as part of the normal
operation of the operating system.
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<SNIP>

jmatt, while I agree that this is the posted (approved) response, there
is no denying the fact that EVERYONE I have talked to who used it saw a
HUGE boost in PC boot-up time, including myself.

First I did the suggestions on Black Viper which cut my boot time from
45 seconds to 30, then bootvis to trim of 10+ seconds more.

Not a tool for a complete noob to be messing with.
Also, this sounds like the canned answer Microsoft employees give, and I
do know a few :-)

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Hello!

My booting of Windows XP Professional SP2 takes about 2 minutes.

Seems that a lot of time is spent loading drivers (Serial ATA, video card,
printer, scanner, network card, modem, and VMware install many drivers) and
services (VNC, MBM5, a few others).

Any program to optimize the XP booting? i.e. Show me what are the drivers
that spend more time loading?
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You might find some useful information in this free guide:

The Windows XP Tweaking Companion (XPTC) is the complete Windows XP and
system optimization guide. No longer do you have to put up with
so-called XP Tweak Guides which have a handful of Registry tweaks and
some vague optimization advice - the XPTC brings an enormous range of
detailed descriptions and resources together in one free 170-page
downloadable PDF file. Everything from the correct installation of
Windows and critical software and drivers, through to recommendations
for every significant setting in XP, all the major performance, visual
and convenience tweaks, and descriptions of XP's functionality. The XPTC
includes comprehensive chapters on overclocking, benchmarking and stress
testing, troubleshooting and regular maintenance procedures. Basically
the XPTC is the mother of all Windows XP Tweak Guides and System
Optimization Guides, and it's right here for you to try for yourself.

http://www.tweakguides.com/XPTC.html
 
Wishmaster said:
Hello!

My booting of Windows XP Professional SP2 takes about 2 minutes.

Seems that a lot of time is spent loading drivers (Serial ATA, video card,
printer, scanner, network card, modem, and VMware install many drivers) and
services (VNC, MBM5, a few others).

Any program to optimize the XP booting? i.e. Show me what are the drivers
that spend more time loading?
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I'd like to recommend Autoruns to remove extraneous programs from the boot
process. You can uncheck 1 or 2, reboot and see how it goes. Because I
install and uninstall a lot of freeware, there were startup links for some
of the uninstalled items that were dragging out the boot process. And none
of these could be seen in the startup folder. Give it a whirl and see what
you think.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Peacerose
 
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