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I created this thread to talk about my recent boot delay issues, which are now thankfully a thing of the past, and hope to help others encountering similar issues.
I run Windows XP Pro SP3 and used nLite to take away some features and options that I wouldn’t use/need, such as system restore, recycle bin, games etc. I have installed Word, Excel and Outlook 2007, Dreamweaver 8, Photoshop CS2, Comodo Firewall 3, AVG 8.0, Diskeeper 10 and a few other applications.
I did the typical thing most of us would do; update Windows, drivers, anti-virus and firewall, disable services and startup programs that I wouldn’t need/use, cleanup temp files and registry, defragment and anything else you generally do to get the most out of your system.
My boot times took between 165 – 180 seconds, from the time I switched on my NC10, to when my wireless connected automatically; I didn’t like how slow my system took to boot at all. I would get to my desktop with the taskbar showing, and the system tray showing the programs that run on startup, e.g. AVG, Comodo Firewall and Windows volume control, at about 80 seconds, but my NC10 would just sit there, as if trying to start the wireless. I researched the issue, removed even more services than I originally disabled, uninstalled AVG, installed Avira, reinstalled AVG, ensured no other programs, other than those I knew about, started with Windows, and pretty much did everything I could think of to resolve the issue.
After numerous slow restarts later, I decided to open up services.msc, as soon as I was able once the system started, to see what services exactly were starting and whether I could see any delay. So I waited and watched, and saw the services go from “Starting†to “Startedâ€, and noticed one that didn’t… Diskeeper. Diskeeper was stalled at “Starting†from approximately 80 seconds and remained in that state for a few minutes. Seeing this, I stopped the Diskeeper service without waiting for it to show “Startedâ€, set it to manual and restarted my system. Guess how long my system took to boot to wireless connection after this change? 90 seconds. I tested and timed how long it took 3 times in a row and received approximately 90 seconds as the figure; give or take one or two seconds.
So in closing, I am now happy with my 90 second boot time, and hope that, for those who didn’t know, service.msc is the first place checked if slow boot times are experienced. You never know, it might just be one application slowing down your entire boot time too.
My NC10 has been booting just fine but I have a desktop that takes a good 3-4 mins! I might follow your suggestion and see if I can work out exactly what is starting up during the boot. Like you I had experimented with unloading different things but just haven’t worked out what takes the time.
What is the diskeeper service you are referring to and what is its function? is it ok to change it to a manual service rather than automatic and also what are the implications of turning it off? Thanks!
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What is the diskeeper service you are referring to and what is its function? is it ok to change it to a manual service rather than automatic and also what are the implications of turning it off? Thanks!
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Diskeeper is a 3rd party program that defragments your hard drive enabling faster access and performance. As I installed the program myself, and it is not a program that comes with Windows, I knew it was safe to alter its settings within “Services”.gotta say not had any probs with bootup in xp, its around a minute to wifi connection give or take a few secs.
Seems like you guys have quite long boot-up times. I boot my NC10 up in 30sec flat. Counting from power-up of course and getting the Wireless started in XP. I have quite a lot of programs installed, but I have also done quite a lot of tweaking to get the system as fast as possible.
Of course 🙂
Run msconfig
Goto the Boot.ini tab and change the 30s value to 3s.
Shut down the Bluetooth service in the Services tab, Fast User Switching, Google updater (if you have this), Office diagnostics (if you have Office installed), Office Source Engine, Samsung update Plus, SNM Wlan service, Windows Time, Security Center, Automatic updates.In the Startup tab, uncheck everything (except for Antivirus components if you have an antivirus installed), but keep the following:
BatteryManager
PreMKBD
SynTPEnh
DMLoader
and keep any critical programs you have installed yourself.Examples of programs to uncheck, and not run are:
Reader_sl
ALCMTR
EDSAgent
hkcmd
igfxtray
igfxpers
RTHDCPL
juschedYou can also use a program like Autoruns, found here:
AutorunsEDIT: Link now fixed!
Thanks for the info you have to put in the right code to insert a link
like this.
Quote me and you can see the code
Help needed here please.
Am keen to follow Freddy’s advice which I understand, but I can’t apply any of the changes because I get ‘access denied’ saying I’m not an administrator while of course I am the only account on the machine and have administrator privilege. I’ve tried different fixes that I’ve googled to no effect.
All advice VERY gratefully received
ThanksRussell
Not sure about the specifics of what you are trying to do, but assuming you are with XP Home there is a hidden Admin account that you can only access through safe mode. Not sure if that’s what you need or not though!
It’s worth logging in with that account at some point and giving it a password – makes your netbook a tiny bit more secure (assuming your account is passworded too – but if not then it makes no difference!).
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Of course 🙂
Run msconfig
Goto the Boot.ini tab and change the 30s value to 3s.
Shut down the Bluetooth service in the Services tab, Fast User Switching, Google updater (if you have this), Office diagnostics (if you have Office installed), Office Source Engine, Samsung update Plus, SNM Wlan service, Windows Time, Security Center, Automatic updates.In the Startup tab, uncheck everything (except for Antivirus components if you have an antivirus installed), but keep the following:
BatteryManager
PreMKBD
SynTPEnh
DMLoader
and keep any critical programs you have installed yourself.Examples of programs to uncheck, and not run are:
Reader_sl
ALCMTR
EDSAgent
hkcmd
igfxtray
igfxpers
RTHDCPL
juschedYou can also use a program like Autoruns, found here:
AutorunsEDIT: Link now fixed!
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Thanks for that autoruns link, that is a great program… can’t believe i didnt discover it earlier….
I am just under 40sec for boot and I do have quite a bit in the startup… including ESET NOD32 security suite which is my anti-virus, firewall and also using Spybot Search and Destroy in my startup plus most of the oem samsung drivers…
a couple of things i run regularly are
Uniblue Power Suite registry booster and speedup my PC.. i dont leave them running just have to close them in task bar when done using them…
Run the stuff on a regular basis.
and O&O defrag with offline boot sector defragmentation..
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