Very slow log in (5+ minutes)

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

Hello everyone, yesterday my computer rebooted while I was watching a video, I believe some updates were installed and that's the reason it did it. After booting up, it hanged at the welcome screen with the blue circle and the "Welcome" message for about 5 minutes before actually showing my desktop, and it has being doing that ever since. Once it boots, everything works fine, but it's taking a long time to do so.

I couldn't do a system restore because for some reason there weren't any restore points (none at all). Safe Mode worked just fine and Diagnostics Startup helped but it still took a while to load.

Event Viewer shows messages with IDs 6005 & 6006:

-"The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logon)"
-"The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> took 164 seconds to handle the notification event (Logon)"

I haven't really changed anything or installed anything besides Office 2010.

Thanks.

Layback Bear · Jan 14, 2012

Please fill in your Specs, lower left had corner of you post. This will let us all no what we are working with. I don't believe Windows will shut down without prompting you first after a update. I would recommend msconfig and see what is checked in start up. Not knowing your specs it acts like something is trying to load at start up that Windows is having a problem with. It might be having it with you newly installed Office 2010. Make sure it is unchecked in msconfig/start up.
Let us know what happens and what you find.

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

Well msconfig shows the usual startup programs but I already tried disabling all of them and restarting and it didn't help, so I don't think it has anything to do with that. The weird thing is that it's also taking a lot of time to power off.

I searched on google about those messages in Event Viewer and I found a lot of threads about the problem but it was about computers on a network with domains and stuff... But I am in no network or anything.

Oh and by the way, I was watching the video in full-screen so I think that's why I didn't see the message about the system reboot after the update, it reboots itself if you don't press anything after a while, doesn't it?

cluberti · Jan 14, 2012

It's complaining about loading your profile taking to long, so it isn't surprising that disabling startup items didn't help. Is the disk defragmented (multiple passes), and if you create a new user, does the problem (and the event log errors) also occur when that user logs on?

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

I just re-installed Windows a couple of weeks ago so I don't think my disk's fragmented and well, just two days ago it wasn't taking longer than 5 seconds to go from welcome screen to desktop.

I activated the guest account and it also hangs, but it's just the very first time I log in into an account after booting up (whether it's my account or guest), after that I can log on and off to any account with no delay whatsoever as long as I don't power off the laptop.

torre · Jan 14, 2012

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

Try the above. Also click the tutorials at the top of this page for other troubleshooting methods.

And, check you Windows updates to insure that all have successfully downloaded.

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

I had forgotten about startup repair, I just tried it but it said it couldn't find any problems. Also, I just realized that if I boot up my laptop and then shut it down again without logging in, it still takes a considerable amount of time to power off.

torre · Jan 14, 2012

Since you do not have restore points, personally, I would back-up and do a clean install.

But, I am not known for my patience.

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

torre said:
Since you do not have restore points, personally, I would back-up and do a clean install.

But, I am not known for my patience.

I already thought of that

, I'm trying to avoid it though, it's a real hassle to install everything again and I have a LOT of documents... maybe I'll just partition my hard drive to make things easier in the future.

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

Try this and see what might be causing the problem.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...up-shutdown-sleep-hibernate-reboot-trace.html

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

metalmania31 said:
Try this and see what might be causing the problem.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...up-shutdown-sleep-hibernate-reboot-trace.html

Ok, I'll give that a try, should I upload the ETL file or just check the log file?

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

You can do both. But if you feel you can confidently figure it out. Of course it would help us see what might be causing the issue as well.

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

Ok, I already did it but I think it's trolling me... I did a boot trace and it powered down and booted up faster, I rebooted normally but it took ages again. I did a shutdown trace this time and again, it powered down almost immediately and booted up a bit faster.

I looked at the graphs but I'm not sure how to tell if something's out of place, I'll upload some graphs that I think might help... If that's not enough I'll try to upload the ETL file somewhere (any recommendations?).

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

Well from the first image I see clr_optmization taking a lot of time. From my search that involves the .net framework. Do you have the latest version of .netframework. You can see that in your programs and features.

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

I have these two:

-Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile v4.0.30319
-Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended v4.0.30319

I'm not sure if those are the latest though. I checked Windows Update and there aren't any updates available

.

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

Also that wpdbusenum stop has something to do with Windows Media Player syncing to a usb flash drive over 4GB. You can disable that under msconfig->Services->Portable Device Enumerator Service.

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

Os0o said:
I have these two:

-Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile v4.0.30319
-Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended v4.0.30319

I'm not sure if those are the latest though. I checked Windows Update and there aren't any updates available .

Yes those are the latest. That's what I have as well.

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

Also take a look at this and see if this helps.
What is mscorsvw.exe and why is it eating up my CPU? What is this new CLR Optimization Service? - David Notario's WebLog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

metalmania31 · Jan 14, 2012

Also when you boot can you load up the taskmanager and see if anything is using a high cpu count?
And in this thread on #8 do you notice this at all.
http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/159637-how-disable-mscorsvw-exe-startup.html

Os0o · Jan 14, 2012

metalmania31 said:
Also when you boot can you load up the taskmanager and see if anything is using a high cpu count?
And in this thread on #8 do you notice this at all.
http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/159637-how-disable-mscorsvw-exe-startup.html

The thing is that once my Desktop shows, everything works just fine, my programs load as usual and with no delay and if I check my task manager it doesn't show anything weird, the problem is going from Welcome Screen to Desktop (and just the first time after boot-up I might add).

I checked that thread but I don't even have mscorsvw.exe in my task manager. Still tried the ngen.exe command but it said "All compilation targets are up to date".

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