Boot time increased significantly after installing new AMD drivers

[mjustind]

I used an SSD on my laptop boot time has been about 20-25 seconds since I installed it. Today I got a message from Raptr saying there are new AMD drivers for my video card (Radeon HD 6700m series). After installation of the drivers, boot time is now about 2+ minutes. The issue is with the Window 7 welcome screen...it now "freezes". The spinning circle on the welcome screen will freeze for about 2 minutes until it logs in. Again, this has never happened before until today, immediately after installing the Catalyst 14.9 drivers.

Anyone know of a solution to this issue?
Thanks!

 

[gregrocker]

Roll back to previous driver in Device Manager on Display drivers' Driver tab.

Turn off everything in msconfig>Startup and >Services after Hiding all MS Services, except for AV. These "updaters" are mostly spyware and not needed in a Driver Complete OS. The exception is Flash Player which is best kept current for performance and security reasons.

 

[whs]

Easiest may be to roll back to the restore point from before that driver was installed.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Video drivers have always been a "source of woe" for me (NVidia and ATI).

 

[mjustind]

Roll back to previous driver in Device Manager on Display drivers' Driver tab.

Turn off everything in msconfig>Startup and >Services after Hiding all MS Services, except for AV. These "updaters" are mostly spyware and not needed in a Driver Complete OS. The exception is Flash Player which is best kept current for performance and security reasons.

Thank you!

I usually have most services disabled, but disabling EVERY service (after hiding MS services) fixed the problem.

I appreciate your help

 

[gregrocker]

Make sure your AV is starting. I would use a free lightweight recommended AV like MSE or Panda Cloud.