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Establish a Clean Boot and work through the other Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.
Compare the install you have to the perfect install compiled in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 based on tens of thousands we've helped do here since beta without a single complaint.
Some suggestions that might help to track down the problem.
See: Use Windows 7 Event Viewer to track down issues that cause slower boot times - TechRepublic
Create the Custom View in Event Viewer by carefully following the steps mentioned and see if you can spot any obvious problems using the Event ID's.
Other than that you could temporarily install something like Soluto to pinpoint any other software related issues:
Soluto Free Download
Last time I used it it required the user to sign up for a free account. Suggest using a disposable email address.
https://www.soluto.com/boot-time
What AV software are you running? Is it Bitdefender by any chance?
Just noticed and I can tell you that it is Bitdefender causing the problems. Remove it and reboot and see the difference. See my comments here Need New Antivirus
Andy
Last edited by keebsuk; 21 Jun 2014 at 20:04. Reason: mistake made
I followed your advice and noticed my system was OK on 08/03/2014 but slower on 10/03/2014.
The article also told me to create another Custom View in Event Viewer to track down the issues and then I noticed it was Ditdefender:
This application took longer than usual to start up, resulting in a performance degradation in the system startup process:
File Name : vsserv.exe
Friendly Name : Bitdefender Security Service
Version : 17.26.0.1081 103178
Total Time : 10223ms
Degradation Time : 5223ms
Incident Time (UTC) : 2014-03-10T19:59:14.656250000Z
Thanks, Callender!
I'll go contact Bitdefender support!
Hi Andy,
Yeah, it is Bitdefender! How did you know?
For anyone experiencing longer boot times in Windows 7, I can highly recommend what Callender suggested: Use Event Viewer to track down issues that cause slower boot times!