Solved Windows 7 x64 taking 2:30 mins to boot (Soluto)

Layback Bear · Apr 16, 2013

Good day probuddha. I'm somewhat lost.
What are your boot times now in seconds.
Do you have a backup and/or a restore point before you started all these changes?

probuddha · Apr 16, 2013

Good day Jack!

I just recorded my booting time and from pressing the power button to the time the desktop appeared is 1 min & 55 secs.

And no, the only restore point I have it from today morning when I reinstalled Windows Performance Toolkit to run the boot traces. For some weird reason, the restore points I created previously gets deleted even though it is turned on for my C drive

Thanks!

probuddha · Apr 16, 2013

juliaDexter said:
Sorry to interrupt in the discussion. But here are some important lines, might be helpful for you.

Slow startup is usually caused by an incompatible device/driver.
The first thing I would recommend is disconnecting everything that's not essential, and see does that
solve the issue. If it does, then add devices back over time to see if/when the problem returns.
if its drivers, then make sure you update them all, that and go into windows update and install anything
available there, and if it is USB devices, what u can do, is while ur in windows, unplug all usb devices and
then re-plug them, it should get the newer drivers off windows update for it

Hi Julia

Thanks for your response

The only devices connected to my PC is the keyboard and mouse. Also, all the drivers are updated as per Windows. Automatic updates is set to automatic

Thanks!

cluberti · Apr 16, 2013

I'm on the road but I'll have a look later today.

probuddha · Apr 17, 2013

Okay thanks Carl

chamjiee · Apr 18, 2013

U also have sake setup as op and having similar issues.

What is the bootwiz equivalent in windows 7?

cluberti · Apr 18, 2013

Sorry it's taken so long - been working on something critical the last 3 days. In reviewing this trace, I can see that the system is actually a bit worse in some ways, performance-wise, than it was previously - but it is better in some ways as well. I'm going to grab symbols from this trace (which will take awhile) and try to provide some insight.

probuddha · Apr 19, 2013

No hurries Carl - take your time.

Thanks

cluberti · Apr 19, 2013

My time is still monopolized this weekend, but I can tell you the bulk of your issues are caused by a process called EasyRedirect.exe - Avast is still hammering the disk otherwise, though, so be aware.

probuddha · Apr 19, 2013

EasyRedirect.exe refers to the IP changing software easy-hide-ip.com that I use on demand. After providing the last boot trace, when I tried to run the software, it gave me an error saying LSP is missing. I reinstalled the software and the error went away.

The duration of the black screen post the welcome screen has reduced to about 15 seconds now.

Would you like me to do an updated boot trace for you?

Many thanks!

probuddha · Apr 19, 2013

Also Carl - could you please suggest me some good alternatives for Avast, that won't bog the system down?

Thanks

Golden · Apr 19, 2013

probuddha said:
good alternatives for Avast, that won't bog the system down?

MSE is very light on resources - give it a try

probuddha · Apr 20, 2013

Thanks Colin - Installed MSE

Carl - after I uninstall Avast (and prior to installing MSE), I did another boot trace to find out any other offending program/ services that might be causing the delayed boot.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/158559175/boot trace -v3.7z (53 Mb)

So if you could kindly look at this updated Boot Trace and advise, that'd be great

Many thanks!
PB

cluberti · Apr 20, 2013

As far as I can tell, TeamViewer is slowing down service startup a bit, and the Aggressive Link State power settings for the SATA bus are enabled either in windows or in the BIOS, and Windows is querying the heck out of the PCI to PCI bridge device checking if it's ready to power down. However, I'm not sure changing either is necessary. The only other issue is the Gigabyte tools suite doing a "PreRun" process during the shell startup phase, and that might be worth uninstalling, but otherwise this is about as good as you're going to get with all of the software and startup items installed (none of them are really heavy, other than Teamviewer and the Gigabyte tools - but there's a decent amount of startup items and services).

Layback Bear · Apr 21, 2013

Good day probuddha. How are things going?
I do recommend taking a serious look at some quality SSD's.

probuddha · Apr 22, 2013

Hi Carl

Thanks a lot for your analysis and advice. Last day, while I was uninstalling some apps, for some unknown reasons, the network connection on my PC got jacked up. WiFi was working but there was no connectivity on my computer. Did a repair install, but to no avail. Finally decided to go with a clean install.

Installed all the important and optional updates and now slowly installing apps and monitoring them closely to see if one of them causes the boot delay. I am trying to keep the installation and the apps as lean and basic as I can. Dropped those Gigabyte utilities altogether. So far it's running well without any lag in booting.

Thank you so much for taking the time out to help me with this. Very appreciated

probuddha · Apr 22, 2013

Good day Jack!

Yes, I have been looking at SSDs for quite some time now and there is a fair possibility I will be going for one in the near future.

Is there any specific brand/ model that you'd suggest? Or does it not matter anyways? I think I will be going for a 90 or a 120GB one and use it just as the system drive.

So far, after making a clean install, I am happy with the booting time. But an SSD is still on my mind - maybe after the prices drop a little

Many thanks!

Layback Bear · Apr 22, 2013

I haven't looked and/or studied SSD's for a while. So my thoughts would be a couple of years old. Many new things have happened to SSD's in that amount of time.
The only things I would recommend is don't get caught up in all the speed charts and graphs comparing. A m/s here or there really don't mean anything in real life computing.
The things I look at are brand name and warranty and quality. When I got mine Intel was my choice.
Another thing I would suggest is get as big of one you can afford and nothing less than 120 gigs.
Their will be other members that can give you suggestion also.
***Fair Warning***
Once you use a SSD you will want more of them.

probuddha · Apr 22, 2013

Thanks Jack. I will surely post a thread here seeking reviews and detailed opinions on SSDs when I am ready to take the plunge from HDD and have some cash to spare on it.

Once you use a SSD you will want more of them

Going by the reviews and the videos I saw on YouTube, it surely seems that way

Thanks a lot!

Layback Bear · Apr 22, 2013

Your welcome
Happy computing.

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