2 minute blank screen before boot up

[ExNavy11]

I recently have noticed longer boot times with my computer. This happens with Vista or 7 both 64 bit.
After I am at the OS select screen, ill see the little Windows load screen w/ the small bar. After that I get a blank screen that lasts as long as 2 minutes before Im taken to the log-in/welcome.

There is no cursor, just a blank screen. I noticed this when for Vista 64, but did not see it when I had 7022 on the Win 7 side. But now see it as well for Build 7048

 

[ripbox]

That sounds like a program start-up issue to me
Spybot in advanced mode is helpful for working out good and bad start-up items with its detailed explanations on most items
AV programmers also like to try prioritise there software to boot before important windows files which can also cause windows to stall and struggle at boot so you can check this also

 

[ExNavy11]

It took 152 seconds. My computer is new with good hard ware. No way it should take this long.
Ripbox, i think i understand what youre saying but I dont have that much installed on my system yet, and have next to nothing running on boot up. Ill try the Spybot thing out but hopefully you arent talking about there being some virus or what not. This is a freshly installed system and I do not have any viruses or spyware.

 

[jfar]

Hi BucSox79,I also have the same problem, and it drives me mad,my laptop with windows seven loads up like lightening, which is 32 bit,compared to my main machine which is 64bit,so I am going to try out Spybot as well just to see if it helps, I am like you, I have no programs starting at start up,I will let you know if I find out something in the meantime.

 

[ExNavy11]

Yeah, I dont think its a programs issue.

As you can see from the screen shot, there are only a few items there, one of which, I just installed (spybot).

 

[ExNavy11]

Maybe its just a 64 bit issue. Though I doubt it because I remember seeing some quick boot times by some posted in here that Im sure they run 64 bit systems.

 

[jfar]

Try this,turn off everything in the start up and only leave your AV on, what ever that is, and see if anything changes ,if I posted a picture of my start up, (like yours above) ,it would only show my AV starting up.

 

[ExNavy11]

I turned everything off but my display driver and Live Mesh. Im at work and must leave Live Mesh on at start up , or else I can not access my home pc.
When I get home, I am turning those two off as well and see what happens.
Im at 144 seconds now.

 

[jfar]

Wow 8 seconds

 

[jfar]

Hi, Well you shouldn't need your display, whatever you have there in the picture, to be starting up when windows starts up,I bet you nothing happens when you turn it off,if it does let me know.

 

[ripbox]

Yeah, I don't think its a programs issue.

As you can see from the screen shot, there are only a few items there, one of which, I just installed (spybot).

no no no what i meant was that spybot has a feature that shows you all the start-up items, A lot more than windows does and also gives full detailed descriptions of each start up items
In spybot you can sometimes find that what looks like 1 entry ie nvidia can actually be several items ie drive + control centre + physics and so on

what i was pointing out was that some start-up items can take over priority and even conflict important windows start-up items... this was the case with the very early days of vista with avast

see my attachment

 

[limneos]

I saw the same delay in my Windows 7 7048 64bit after I installed Nvidia drivers... Try re-installing graphics card drivers.

Nvidia has also released downloadable drivers directly from their website for both 32 and 64bit Windows 7.
NVIDIA Graphics Supercharge Microsoft Windows 7

A graphics driver issue could be the same reason in Vista. If needed, roll-back the graphics driver or re-install.

 

[ExNavy11]

I tried those new drivers and its still taking about 150 seconds

 

[limneos]

Does the Event Viewer show anything suspicious?

 

[ExNavy11]

Not really. I do see errors about the time the computer boots. Heres a screen shot. Not sure if this has anything to do with my problem or not.

 

[ExNavy11]

Ive disabled ALL start up items and still deal with the blank screen issue after I get to the Starting Windows screen. Yes Windows eventually starts but after 150 seconds or so.
Besides the Processor Management firmware error, I dont see anything else in the Event Viewer that explains the problem. Though, id like to know what exactly The Performance Power Management is.

 

[jfar]

Hi BucSox79,I just installed Windows 7048 and it starts up like lightening compared to Windows 7000 and Vista ,now i installed this build on a seperate drive all on its own,so maybe the reason why mine was so slow at booting, is something to do with the fact that 7000 and Vista are on a partitioned drive?,is yours on a partitioned drive?,let me know,Thanks.

 

[ExNavy11]

Hi BucSox79,I just installed Windows 7048 and it starts up like lightening compared to Windows 7000 and Vista ,now i installed this build on a seperate drive all on its own,so maybe the reason why mine was so slow at booting, is something to do with the fact that 7000 and Vista are on a partitioned drive?,is yours on a partitioned drive?,let me know,Thanks.

Both my Vista Ultimate 64 bit and Win 7 7048 64 bit are on separate hard drives. This isnt some huge deal but 150 seconds for this system is ridiculous start up time

Im thinking of installing Build 7000 or 7022 again and see what happens. Ive disabled all start up items and still have the problem. I think ill uninstall the Nvidia drivers and leave them uninstalled and see what happens maybe too. Im not sure which route to take next really. Id just like to figure this out.

 

[ExNavy11]

I think I can rule out the NVIDIA drivers. I just uninstalled them and still have the issue. I may have to go driver by driver but not sure if its a driver issue. But not sure where else to go from here, I can only assume.

 

[jfar]

Hi, sorry I was away for a while. I have ATI drivers not NVidia ,if that would make any difference,did you by any chance have trouble with either OS and have to do a fix by putting your OS cd /dvd back in to fix it .