Windows 7 hangs 60 seconds when booting

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Callender said:

Use Event Viewer to track down issues that cause slower boot times

I followed your advice and noticed my system was OK on 08/03/2014 but slower on 10/03/2014.

The article also told me to create another Custom View in Event Viewer to track down the issues and then I noticed it was Ditdefender:

This application took longer than usual to start up, resulting in a performance degradation in the system startup process:
File Name : vsserv.exe
Friendly Name : Bitdefender Security Service
Version : 17.26.0.1081 103178
Total Time : 10223ms
Degradation Time : 5223ms
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2014‎-‎03‎-‎10T19:59:14.656250000Z

Thanks, Callender!

I'll go contact Bitdefender support!

keebsuk said:

What AV software are you running? Is it Bitdefender by any chance?

Hi Andy,

Yeah, it is Bitdefender! How did you know?

For anyone experiencing longer boot times in Windows 7, I can highly recommend what Callender suggested: Use Event Viewer to track down issues that cause slower boot times!

ICit2lol said:

Don't know hkeebsub ow you picked that one mate but nice pick:)

I guess he's using (or: was using) Bitdefender, too! :)