Slow startup, SFC question


  1. Posts : 30
    Windows 7 Pro 64 & Win 10 Pro
       #1

    Slow startup, SFC question


    With SSD, my Lenovo has usually started up super fast. But recently I have had problems. I get to the log-in screen quickly, but once desktop comes up, things slow down:
    - it is taking longer for wifi to connect
    - once connected, nothing works for quite a long time - sometimes over 5 min.
    - Hitting Ctrl/Alt/DEl does nothing - sometimes later screen does come up, but too late to see what might be running
    - Sometimes have to shut down using ON button or pulling battery.
    - Eventually after a slow start, thing get back to normal.

    I eliminated some startup items. Googledrive sync?(2 entries), Skype and something that just said default
    Seems better. I always had Skype in there. Recently Google said to upgrade Googledrive. Don't know what default is but after deleting it, it just comes back. It is in HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and there is just blank line.

    That is where I am.

    Decided to run SFC /verifyonly - Received this message:

    Verification 100% complete.

    Windows Resource Protection found integrity violations. Details are included in

    the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
    Tried to access that log but get message: Access denied! How do I overcome that? I was able to run SFC with administrator rights, but not read the log? Tried opening it from cmd with admin rights - still no luck.

    Decided to run SFC /Scannow

    C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

    Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

    Beginning verification phase of system scan.
    Verification 100% complete.

    Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired
    them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
    example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
    Says it was repaired! But still don't know how to access CBS.log.
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  2. Posts : 7,107
    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       #2

    Hi Freeagent,
    try this command mode should output the file to your desktop


    copy %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log %userprofile%\Desktop\cbs.txt


    Roy
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  3. Posts : 30
    Windows 7 Pro 64 & Win 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That worked! Thanks. Problem now is to interpret just what was done. But seeing SFC said it fixed some issues, perhaps I will first see if problem has gone.
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  4. Posts : 30
    Windows 7 Pro 64 & Win 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Glad to have SFC find and repair some errors. But slow start was, it seems, something else.

    I have two printers. One an old HP 870Cxi that I sometimes use for B&W document printing. Some time back it jammed and would not run, so I switched to newer printer. However, there was still one print job waiting and the old printer was set as the default. USB connection was also disconnected. I suspect system was bogged down trying to figure this out.

    Well, I hope that is what it was. Last two starts were good.
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