Windows 7 Pro x64 Slow Start - Monitor Sleeps then Wakes

I've had an issue with very slow restarts where once I get the Windows Start screen I then get a black screen where the monitors go to sleep then awake and then very slow Windows Welcome screen, sometimes another black screen with cursor and then slow to the desktop.

I suspect this may be related to Nvidia drivers for my Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT. I'm considering deleting all Nvidia programs and drivers and reloading. I've checked the system memory with the Windows 7 memory checker. I've checked the BIOS settings and everything is as it should be. I could do a recovery BIOS update just to leave no stone unturned, but I don't expect that to accomplish anything. I've checked the Event Viewer System Log and Application Log and I'm not getting any errors or warnings other than a warning that my magicJack driver didn't load, but that happens late in the system start sequence and it must load eventually, because the magicJack starts.

Google searches don't yield any solutions. I've seen a few threads on this forum, but they didn't seem to apply, because I don't have the system configured to wake from Nvidia network. I can't really recall when it started doing this very slow start with monitor sleep sequence, because I usually just tolerate these types of issues for a while before I've finally had enough.

Does anyone have any suggestions other than reloading Nividia drivers and software? I don't know if that drill will lead to success or not.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Regards

I'd take a look in your Startup and see what programs you have set to load on startup. It may be worth trimming it down to just the programs and services you really need, take a screenshot and post in here for people to take a look and recommend what could be removed.

therealaitch said:

Wow, that is a slow start up. I've got 28 seconds.
I think that needs to be tackled first then.
You could try a repair install. Repair Install

This The Best Tips for Speeding Up Your Windows PC might be of some help. For starters cut back on everything you can: set desktop display to Windows basic, in services set all un-necessary processes to manual. Black Viper is the go to guy for info about services. » Black Viper’s Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Service Configurations
I would also disable (in services) the Realtek audio and cut the Geoforce down to basics. If you do these in services.msc, you can re-set them after the next boot.
I doubt a virus is the problem but it won't hurt to check.

I don't think I've got an install that needs repair at this point in time.

I've got the sleepy monitor issue 98% resolved. After the Windows Start screen comes up at about 0:16 after BIOS cursor appears, it's displayed for about 25 seconds before I get a momentary black screen that puts the monitors a few seconds from sleep. Then I get the Windows Welcome at about 1:00 and the desktop with almost all the icons in the notification area by 2:00. I have a USB magicJack installed and that is finally started at about 2:05. I also have an Intel RST RAID5 and that notification area icon usually comes up in a not running status at 2:24 and is running by 3:05. There's nothing I can do about the Intel RST. It's slow to start by nature.

The magicJack is causing an issue, because there is a Event Viewer Windows System Log warning, Event 219, Kernel-PnP, with every system start or restart. The device works as intended and the only indication of an issue is the Windows System Log. I contacted their support and elevated the issue to see if they will come up with a fix. I've got two of those devices and they both behave the same.

Thanks for posting Black Viper's Win 7 Service configurations. I'm going to take a look at that and see what I can implement to speed up the start. The Intel RST RAID5 may be the main reason why I can only expect to see everything on the desktop by 2:00 on a restart.

I'm not getting any errors in the System or Application logs; only the warning about the failed driver install for the magicJack which must ultimately load or otherwise the device wouldn't function.

I don't think I've got any virus issues, because I scan a lot.

The task at hand is the magicJack warning and I was told on a support chat that I should hear something in about two days. I can tell the Jack is partly responsible for some of the slowness. With every start or restart, I get the warning or the device fails to install completely. It never installs with out issue on a start.

Thanks again for all that information. It gives me something to try.

Regards