Boot Performance Issues

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Jacen

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I have noticed over the last two months some slow boot times. I have turned off some of the unnecassary startup programs and noticed a lot of errors in the event log. I was wondering if anyone could help me understand what the mean.

Here is a couple of the log reports

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 9/30/2009 11:43:25 AM
Event ID: 100
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Error
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Jason-PC
Description:
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 129022ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎30T15:40:38.827600600Z

Here is the critical error one
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 9/30/2009 11:20:34 PM
Event ID: 100
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Critical
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Jason-PC
Description:
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 170002ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎10‎-‎01T03:17:29.843200600Z

And the most recent one:

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 9/30/2009 11:20:34 PM
Event ID: 101
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Warning
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Jason-PC
Description:
This application took longer than usual to start up, resulting in a performance degradation in the system startup process:
File Name : dwm.exe
Friendly Name : Desktop Window Manager
Version : 6.1.7100.0 (winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
Total Time : 3134ms
Degradation Time : 1823ms
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎10‎-‎01T03:17:29.843200600Z


When I did the first install everything was booting up quickly. I am hoping that when I get the retail version and reinstall everything will be back to normal and fast. I am just concerned this is a hardware issue. I dont like the term, "Boot Degradation"...:mad:
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inc
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7600 Build 7600
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
256MB ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050 x 59 hertz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device 500GB
WD 2500JB External USB Device 250GB
Keyboard
Dell Bluetooth Keyboard
Mouse
Dell Bluetooth Mouse
Internet Speed
RoadRunner Turbo 20.64Mb Download/ .50Mb Upload
Please note the boot time is 170002 ms which is over 2 minutes of boot time.

Here is more detailed information for those more tech savvy than me
BootTsVersion2
BootStartTime2009-10-01T03:17:29.843200600Z
BootEndTime2009-10-01T03:20:25.473324800Z
SystemBootInstance212
UserBootInstance206
BootTime170002
MainPathBootTime105953
BootKernelInitTime66
BootDriverInitTime1332
BootDevicesInitTime1951
BootPrefetchInitTime0
BootPrefetchBytes0
BootAutoChkTime0
BootSmssInitTime12216
BootCriticalServicesInitTime2170
BootUserProfileProcessingTime52335
BootMachineProfileProcessingTime3
BootExplorerInitTime29536
BootNumStartupApps7
BootPostBootTime64049
BootIsRebootAfterInstallfalse
BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits512
BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits0
BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits0
BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits0
BootIsDegradationfalse
BootIsStepDegradationfalse
BootIsGradualDegradationfalse
BootImprovementDelta0
BootDegradationDelta0
BootIsRootCauseIdentifiedtrue
OSLoaderDuration3798
BootPNPInitStartTimeMS66
BootPNPInitDuration2031
OtherKernelInitDuration4567
SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS6184
SystemPNPInitDuration1252
SessionInitStartTimeMS7850
Session0InitDuration3601
Session1InitDuration219
SessionInitOtherDuration8395
WinLogonStartTimeMS20066
OtherLogonInitActivityDuration4012
UserLogonWaitDuration7494
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inc
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7600 Build 7600
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
256MB ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050 x 59 hertz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device 500GB
WD 2500JB External USB Device 250GB
Keyboard
Dell Bluetooth Keyboard
Mouse
Dell Bluetooth Mouse
Internet Speed
RoadRunner Turbo 20.64Mb Download/ .50Mb Upload
None of this shows just what programs and processes are starting up when you first boot into Windows.

While nothing will ever beat a fresh clean install of Windows free of unnecessary startup items and other registry glitches you have to look over what programs load up along with Windows as well as expecting some degree of slow down once you load Windows up with all kinds of apps.

For tweaking things a bit to improve overall performance the first item is seeing which programs that load up with Windows are not necessary where you can uncheck them in the startup list in the msconfig utility there. For the log errors that could be from any number of things like a bad install of one program or a driver loading sideways one time and not the next.
 

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    W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
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    AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
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    Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4-Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
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    Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Hyper X Fury 8gb 2nd
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    Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio P - Realtek onooard 2nd case
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    ASUS VW199T-P 19" HP 2082a Main-HP 2082a 20" remote pc
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    WD Black 1TB HD per OS W7, W10, and pending W11 presently on 500gb OS Drive - Pending Triple 1TB HDs for Spanned Storage/backup volume
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    GFI VIPRE Internet Security 2014 on W7 2016 beta on W10,
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    Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
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    Kingston Hyper X Fury 8gb
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    WD 500GB OS Host/Boot WD Green 1TB Storage/Backup
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    Corsair 600W - THERMALTAKE 600W spare case
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    NZXT Vulcan mini tower
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    Twin 120mm Top Fans - 240mm Side Cover
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    ONN Cordless/USB Logitech Cordless
    Mouse
    ONN USB/Cordless - Logitech Cordless
    Internet Speed
    DSL 5G
    Browser
    MS Edge, FireFox, WaterFox x64, FireFox Nightly
    Other Info
    OS Testing-Remote Access to Main TeamViewer
Have you tried clearing your prefetch..?


Remember that once you have cleared it the next boot will take twice as long, but once it has re-learnt its drivers and cached them each boot after that will be much faster..
 

My Computer

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Hand Built
OS
Windows 7 x64, MAC, BT4, Vista x64, server 2003 ent (DC)
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX
Memory
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Dominator
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card
Sound blaster Audigy PCI
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SM223BW 21.6" TFT Widescreen 1680x1050 3000:1
Screen Resolution
1680X1050
Hard Drives
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Samsung F1 Spinpoint 1TB SATAII 5400RPM 32MB Cache
PSU
OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU - 120mm Fan SLI Ready
Case
Antec 900 Nine Hundred - Gaming Case
Cooling
OCZ Vindicator AMD and Intel Socket 754 939 940 AM2 775
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech
Internet Speed
5800 kbps DN & 800 kbps up "on a good day"
Other Info
Because I can :-D

My score is 5.8 CPU lagg even overclocked @ 3.1 per core
engin33r said:
Have you tried clearing your prefetch..?


Remember that once you have cleared it the next boot will take twice as long, but once it has re-learnt its drivers and cached them each boot after that will be much faster..
Click to expand...

I forgot about that. I cleared the prefetch and the first two boots were quite slow but this last boot was much faster. Hopefully this will remain the same.

Thanks for the reminder
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inc
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7600 Build 7600
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
256MB ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050 x 59 hertz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device 500GB
WD 2500JB External USB Device 250GB
Keyboard
Dell Bluetooth Keyboard
Mouse
Dell Bluetooth Mouse
Internet Speed
RoadRunner Turbo 20.64Mb Download/ .50Mb Upload
For those that are here researching because you have a similiar problem - do NOT clear your prefetch. Prefetch is a program that tracks and keeps the order of programs and services in your boot time - unless you change that order or take out programs/services at startup or even add them in.

If you clear Prefetch then you're starting all over again so it acutally SLOWS DOWN your startup. DO NOT CLEAR PREFETCH to speed up your boot time!
 

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HP Pavillion dv6 Notebook
OS
Windows 7 Home 64bit SP1
CPU
Intel duo Core 2.4ghz
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator for Mobile
Monitor(s) Displays
Standard
Hard Drives
HDD 500gigs
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