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markm75
Just putting this out there as a feeler for information/ideas..
My vista install is x64 RTM on a Dual Core 2 1.86ghz, 2gb ram, SATA300
C drive, with a secondary D for data (sata 300)... This runs on an
Asus P5n32-sli se Deluxe motherboard (Marvell Yukon controller for
network, as well as a secondary Nvidia controller), the video is ATI
x850 pci-e x16 (has issues with opengl applications too).
My bootup from the last bios letters to the logo in Vista is about
39seconds to as much as 1m 45 seconds (average is 59 seconds).. The
old XP sp2 used to be around 1min on average as well. I've verified
this part is normal for windows, where it will vary in load times, ie:
its not hardware problems.
been as low as 2m 8s to as much as 4m 55 seconds.. lately its
averaging closer to 4min).
I load a bunch of stuff on startup, everything from ftp serv-u,
weatherbug, apc icon, download manager, outlook, msn messenger, daemon
tools, logmein, nod32, advanced smtp server, any IIS web server
related background loads, sql server 2005, and SmartSynch Pro.
Ive noticed when the task bar first appears, the network icon is
diabled, and stays disabled almost the whole way through until the
last few seconds of my load times.. I have tried bringing up task
manager to see what is taking so long, I think once I did manage to
find it was an svchost.exe process, which was tied in with various
services (I forget which)... I've tried disabling various hardware
components, thus far no luck on the hardware side, so I'm fairly
certain its software.
So any thoughts on tools, MS tools, etc to use to test what is going
on? I was going to use the performance tool, but I dont see an option
to have it start up on startup, you seem to only be able to just start
and stop it, which if the pc shuts off, i think it would stop. I also
may try disabling all startup items once and going through one by
one..
Thanks for any other ideas.. Sorry for the long post.
My vista install is x64 RTM on a Dual Core 2 1.86ghz, 2gb ram, SATA300
C drive, with a secondary D for data (sata 300)... This runs on an
Asus P5n32-sli se Deluxe motherboard (Marvell Yukon controller for
network, as well as a secondary Nvidia controller), the video is ATI
x850 pci-e x16 (has issues with opengl applications too).
My bootup from the last bios letters to the logo in Vista is about
39seconds to as much as 1m 45 seconds (average is 59 seconds).. The
old XP sp2 used to be around 1min on average as well. I've verified
this part is normal for windows, where it will vary in load times, ie:
its not hardware problems.
loaded and ready to be used takes about 3m 50 seconds on average (itsFrom the last bios screen through login (auto) till everything is
been as low as 2m 8s to as much as 4m 55 seconds.. lately its
averaging closer to 4min).
I load a bunch of stuff on startup, everything from ftp serv-u,
weatherbug, apc icon, download manager, outlook, msn messenger, daemon
tools, logmein, nod32, advanced smtp server, any IIS web server
related background loads, sql server 2005, and SmartSynch Pro.
Ive noticed when the task bar first appears, the network icon is
diabled, and stays disabled almost the whole way through until the
last few seconds of my load times.. I have tried bringing up task
manager to see what is taking so long, I think once I did manage to
find it was an svchost.exe process, which was tied in with various
services (I forget which)... I've tried disabling various hardware
components, thus far no luck on the hardware side, so I'm fairly
certain its software.
So any thoughts on tools, MS tools, etc to use to test what is going
on? I was going to use the performance tool, but I dont see an option
to have it start up on startup, you seem to only be able to just start
and stop it, which if the pc shuts off, i think it would stop. I also
may try disabling all startup items once and going through one by
one..
Thanks for any other ideas.. Sorry for the long post.