Boot time increased significantly after installing new AMD drivers


  1. mjustind
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    Nova Scotia
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    Boot time increased significantly after installing new AMD drivers


    I used an SSD on my laptop boot time has been about 20-25 seconds since I installed it. Today I got a message from Raptr saying there are new AMD drivers for my video card (Radeon HD 6700m series). After installation of the drivers, boot time is now about 2+ minutes. The issue is with the Window 7 welcome screen...it now "freezes". The spinning circle on the welcome screen will freeze for about 2 minutes until it logs in. Again, this has never happened before until today, immediately after installing the Catalyst 14.9 drivers.

    Anyone know of a solution to this issue?
    Thanks!
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  3. gregrocker
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    Roll back to previous driver in Device Manager on Display drivers' Driver tab.

    Turn off everything in msconfig>Startup and >Services after Hiding all MS Services, except for AV. These "updaters" are mostly spyware and not needed in a Driver Complete OS. The exception is Flash Player which is best kept current for performance and security reasons.
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  4. whs
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    Easiest may be to roll back to the restore point from before that driver was installed.
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  6. lehnerus2000
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    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
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    Video drivers have always been a "source of woe" for me (NVidia and ATI).
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  7. mjustind
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    Nova Scotia
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    gregrocker said:
    Roll back to previous driver in Device Manager on Display drivers' Driver tab.

    Turn off everything in msconfig>Startup and >Services after Hiding all MS Services, except for AV. These "updaters" are mostly spyware and not needed in a Driver Complete OS. The exception is Flash Player which is best kept current for performance and security reasons.
    Thank you!

    I usually have most services disabled, but disabling EVERY service (after hiding MS services) fixed the problem.

    I appreciate your help
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  8. gregrocker
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    Make sure your AV is starting. I would use a free lightweight recommended AV like MSE or Panda Cloud.
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