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

pbcopter said:

maxie said:

Most welcome Alan .. As for the Driver Version we both know that is not the latest . We also know the latest Version would not have worked .. I did see the problems it can cause on some Systems ..

Maxie,

Just out of curiosity, why do you say this? I have been using the latest driver on the same Intel NIC with no issues.

I seen it had issues on some Forums .. Only on some Motherboards though as why i have no idea .. That is why I advised the OP not to try it esp as it would not be used ..

Look at Post 40 Pbcopter .. Maybe you could shed some light on that ..

pbcopter said:

From the screen shot, he is not showing the last item in the list which is the Wait for Link entry and the one I suggest setting to on.

However, since he doesn't intend to use the LAN, I would suggest right clicking on the adapter and selecting disable.
This should save some boot time.

He did Disable it but after a Reboot it was set back to Enable .. I thou maybe he should try through the BIOS ... Do not think it is that Important any how ..

Q: After this completed I checked in Device Manager and found the driver updated, but not to 17.3.0.0 as expected
>> A: PBCopter says "The driver version does not always change with every release since they also change the application software as well."
This makes sense - the package is version 17.3.0.0 which contains the driver version 12.2.45.0 - I looked through some of the reference material but could not locate specific release information. Note that the package install says "Install drivers and Software" implying more than just the driver. I'm sure you could have extracted the driver, but I didn't want to put you through that detail. Plus, I'd have to figure out what to tell you to do. :)

Sooo, the driver is updated - very good!

Disable the 82579V gigabyte Network in
Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center
Change adapter setting
Select Local Area Connection
click Disable this network device on the action bar

Yeah.. I know... you went through all of that trouble just to disable it now? Yep, you discovered a hole in the system trying to fix the slow startup and rather than leave it as a possible gotcha later, you fixed it. Now you're back to trying to improve your startup time - so disabling the device that isn't being used should show some improvement.

In post# 44 you say you have unchecked the startup pgms, but they look checked to me. You wanted them checked to exclude them from startup - the screen looks correct, the words might have been lost in translation :). To double check - run the performance troubleshooter again and see what it suggests.

The notification tray is the up arrow in the lower right of your screen near the clock.

Go ahead and uninstall iTunes - it probably came along for the ride with Quicktime (as did Bonjour and Apple updater). If you don't use Quicktime - uninstall that too.

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Run CCleaner: see attached for what to clean.

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Restart your machine in case there are any system operations pending

Click here to download Old Timer-TFC.
>> save the application to your Desktop.
Old Timer-TFC is a standalone application, there is no install.

Save your work and close all open windows.
TFC will close ALL open programs including your browser!

Right click, run as administrator TFC

Click the Start button to begin the cleaning up temporary files and folders.
Do not work on other things while TFC is running - most applications use some sort of temporary files. Just let TFC run by itself on the machine until it completes.

If TFC prompts you to reboot, do so immediately.
If TFC does NOT prompt you, then reboot your machine immediately after TFC has completed.

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After Old Timer-TFC runs and you have restarted your machine you should defrag your C:\ drive. Depending on the fragmentation level you might want to run defrag a few times. I try to get mine down to four passes or less. You'll see what I mean if you watch it for a while (it's like watching paint dry though). It can take a while for each iteration - I've had disks that were running 12 passes, then 10 passes, then 8 passes, then 7 passes, then 7 passes, then 6 passes, then 7 passes, then 5 passes, then 5 passes, then 5 passes, then 4 passes - good enough for me! Hopefully you won't have to run that many iterations.

So what have you just done? You cleaned up your drive and hopefully that will improve startup time and prevent some of the optimization events (a prefetch issue that cCleaner clean up)

There's a lot more cleanup I saw in the SF report, but if you're satisfied with the startup times, well that's what this thread was all about.

After these final things, we should go over what was turned off in startup up and turn some things back on)

So see how she runs for a few days after this and keep an eye on the startup times. A minute ten is a bit long, but you say it's better than before.

You were a real trooper though all of this, it was a pleasure working with you. I'll be hanging around if you run into trouble, but I think you'll be fine.

PBCopter: The Asus site marked the latest driver as beta - I don't recommend beta software or drivers to other members so I suggested the previous version. Some members can manage a beta, others can't - so I eliminate that as a possible snag to finding a resolution.

Bill
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Hi Alan ... It was not all about the Driver .. Sure if you need to use the Lan connection again just enable it .. Just leave the temp files alone as you state your not long after deleting them .. I still think you should use the Lan Cable as you would probably get around the 40 Mb just my opinion ..