Whats slowing up my startup? Event Viewer shows lots of problems!

Let us know how it goes Alan .. I was looking at them Reports .. Does your CD-Rom not work .. Have to go out soon as i have a Hospital Appointment . Hope to get back ASAP .. you know what them places are like could be all day ...

Glad all is well Alan .. I will read the rest of the Reports when i get back and thanks .. I am very close to your Mother in law age ..

Alan,

You're welcome, I'll address only the uncertainties in your post# 35. The completed task - well done.

Funny, I was responding to post# 35, when I needed to review something. I saw post# 27 and now I'll add a bit more .


Wireless/Wired: I understand - it's a distance from Cable modem to Desktop. There are three ways to solve this

1. Connect wirelessly - this is how you solved it!
2. Move the Cable modem it should work just as well connected to any cable coming into the house. There might be considerations I'm not aware of (not familiar with an Open Reach socket), but too many of my friends think the cable modem has to be where the tech put it at install time.
3. Use Powerline adapters: see this How Stuff Works article (seems outdated: references from 2001 & 2002, but it gives you the general concept)

Clean boot: when you boot into safe mode, you essentially do 3/4 of a clean boot. Only required services and startup items run. Why it "hung" is another thing to add to investigation. Safe mode "hang" - back burner for now.

Apple uninstall: Control Panel -> Programs and Features.

Browser and Server: Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
>> just see if the services are running. If not.... yet another investigative task.

Event logs: you did fine. The error number is what is important, I have to look them up and it takes some time. Luckily there aren't too many unique errors/warnings, but each has to be researched in context. Most are just the same error at different times. The SevenForums (SF) tool output will give me a lot more information to use. I'm still chugging through it.

IPv6: I have to look at BT and your wireless card to check IPv6 capability. I'm sure they both support IPv6, but is it enabled and is there anything you can do or is it on the BT side first. Answers always bring more questions.

Clean boot: We'll come back to that. I'm drinking single malt scotch this morning and digesting the information on the issue :)

Bitdefender: this seems to be the most likely candidate for a slow boot. This and the Network Interface Card (NIC) are probably where you'll get the most improvement. I don't have intimate knowledge of Bitdefender so I'll read up on the configuration options. The trick will be to keep the highest protection while lessening the impact on startup.

Command Prompt (Cmd): you're correct, the NVM utility does call for Cmd. I saw that late last night while writing the Todo list.

Abbr.: Computer folks are not as bad as the gov't or military folks when it comes to abbr. and acronyms, but we're no slackers either. I'll try to spell it out and follow with the abbreviation (abbr.). If I forget, don't hesitate to ask "What do you mean LAN - what's a LAN? Dis you forget the 'd'? This land is my land, this land is your land....."

SFC: I'm glad there were no integrity issues found, if there were I would have to ask you to run SFC again and it takes a while on most systems. Phew!

Ethernet cable: Wait until the driver is updated, then if everything is well, you should make the change from wireless to wired. Take a look at the BT Hub - I expect that there are RJ-45 / Ethernet ports available (larger than a phone jack), but maybe not. I'll try to locate the manual.

Ok, you're five hours ahead of me. I'll read and research more in between helping other members. If my plate is clean (and I don't get involved in another thread) I can give this thread better focus.

Methinks I should have numbered the tasks for easier reference.


Not too much left, other than what I already mentioned, it looks as though you're down to

1. PBCopter adapter config change?
2. NVM utility - it won't hurt to run again if you think it worked way back when.
3. Intel driver - there's a readme in the download, take a moment to review it after you unzip the install folder.

I'll run through the list and your response, but I think those three above should be your focus... other things can wait. I think that put both of us in sync.

Bill
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I tend to forget about Windows troubleshooters, but they sometimes correct an issue quickly. Other times they give you something else to figure out :)

Try this, go to Control Panel -> Troubleshooting and select Check for performance issues under System and Security
When the troubleshooter opens, click on advanced, tick the Apply repairs automatically and then click Run as administrator

When it is finished, click on View detailed information
Click on the chevrons to expand the categories and post the results (even if it did not find anything)

Thanks,

Bill
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pbcopter said:

If your Ethernet cable is unplugged, you will get the e1cexpress warning regardless of the settings.

You can disable the adapter if you are not using it however.

PBCopter: Thanks, I won't scratch my head after Alan makes the configuration change and the e1cexpress warning still gets reported.

I was going to suggest the same thing - disable the adapter. I want to wait until after the driver was installed.


Bill
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