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Yet another slow boot thread
Hi
I'm using the 64 bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate edition, and for some reason the boot time is quite slow (much slower than when I was using Ubuntu Linux for instance). But it's a bit more complicated than just 'slow boot', I'll explain to make it clearer:
If I boot up the computer to the login screen, when it's at the login screen there's still constant HDD access for about a minute, and if I try logging in while there's still this HDD access, it takes forever to get to a usable desktop (the only startup items I have enabled are Pidgin instant messenger and MS security essentials AV).
However, if I wait at the login screen for this HDD access to finally stop, logging in is quick, about 5-10 seconds.
The only services I have enabled (apart from the default microsoft ones of course) are Bonjour and the licensing service for the Adobe suite (it won't work without it). I've tried disabling both of these services and it doesn't make a difference. I've also tried disabling superfetch and windows search (no difference there either).
Ideally I'd like to be able to analyze exactly what the computer is doing while booting up, what it's accessing on the HDD mainly - I don't see what it could be loading that could be taking that long - yes my HDD is defragmented, that's not the problem either.
It's kind of driving me up the wall, mainly because I don't know what's causing it (I can live with a slow-ish boot but I can't live without knowing the cause of it ).
Thanks alot for any help with this