Very Slow Boot and multiple smss.exe


  1. gregor4005
    Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Very Slow Boot and multiple smss.exe


    Hey Guys!
    I recently got the problem where my PC boots about 3-5 min to the login screen.
    I did a performance analysis where I can see that multiple smss.exe processes are running and one of them takes about 100 seconds of the boot time.
    I added a download link of the performance analysis (the 7z-file is 198.5 MB and the extracted file is ~5GB):
    https://mega.nz/#!dA0zUTzS!FdQTkHoGf...yOKSiJMrosmTvQ

    I dont know how to get rid of the second smss.exe process and I don't know what this process is actually doing.

    The System I am talking about is a Windows 7 Professional x64 installation.
    Components:
    MSI X99A SLI Plus
    Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
    Corsair Vengeance LPX schwarz DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-2666
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 WindForce 2X OC, 4GB GDDR5
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB

    I hope someone can help me :)

    Greets Greg
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  3. Hacb
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    Windows 7 Enterprise x64
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    hrmm... I'd be a bit careful here as we could be dealing with malware, first run a scan with your antivirus and see what happens. also, where is the secind one located? smss.exe should be in C:/Windows/System32, if the second one is anywhere else on your PC, you've got a virus.
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