2 minute delay after entering password, ok in safe mode


  1. alecail
    Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 OEM
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    2 minute delay after entering password, ok in safe mode


    Hi,

    On a second hand HP Z820 workstation, running Windows 7 Pro x64, I have this problem:

    1/after entering my password, I have a consistent 30 seconds delay
    2/ then the screen goes to black (if I have a background image), or solid desktop color (if I have a solid color set as the bg) for consistently 70 seconds.

    None of those happen when I boot in safe mode.

    I don't have much installed on this workstation; just two rendering applications, I don't even plan to give it a network access or install anything else besides Houdini, so no A/V. I just want the raw power of the machine. I have a feeling that this delay after login may be caused by something defective, and I certainly don't want this workstation to spend CPU cycles on something else that what it's supposed to do.

    So, can you suggest a method to find what is causing these problems ?

    Thanks.
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  3. Megahertz07
    Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
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    Bonjour,
    Run msconfig.
    - disable all start up items and all none MS services.
    - Reboot
    If it reboots normally, enable all start up items.
    If it doesn't, enable fist half of start up items
    - Reboot

    Make this procedure (enabling half of the disabled start up items and none MS services) till you find the bad guy on start up items or on services.
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  4. alecail
    Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 OEM
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    I found the guilty service:

    RealTek Audio Service, from Realtek Semiconductor.

    I disabled it and the startup sequence is normal now.

    Also, I forced the sound chipset driver to update, and reenabled the service at startup.

    It is no longer problematic; the version of the current driver has a more recent release date, but a lower build version though.
    Last edited by alecail; 21 Jan 2017 at 14:27.
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  6. Megahertz07
    Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
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    If you feel like this treat is solved, please mark as so.
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