Event Viewer is not showing Diagnostic-Performance Windows 7

[belinda502]

I am trying to find out my laptops boot up time as it's gotten slower. I am following the Tutorial posted but when I click on the 'application and services' log, the 'diagnostic Performance Branch' does not show up and there is no operational check box.

There is a diagnostic submenu under the Microsoft-IE menu which is disabled. When I tried to enable it I got a dialogue box saying 'Analytic and Debug logs may lose events when they are enabled. Do you want to enable this log?' I enabled it and filtered the current log typing 100 in the events ID but nothing showed up under 'level' 'date and Time' Source and Event ID

 

[gregrocker]

Work through the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7 .

If these fail to resolve the problem then try Gathering a Startup, Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, or Reboot Trace

 

[jonnyhotchkiss]

I'm having this when trying to compare boot load times. 0 events in diag-perf.

I think it's because my diag-services are manual...


Test 1: Enable all (auto - delayed start)

 

[gregrocker]

You can see a map of your startup by installing Soluto – Anti-Frustration Software,
reboot,
then click on your PC on its control page.

 

[jonnyhotchkiss]

Thanks. Think I'll try that, to get as fast as possible, and highlight heaviest load.

Re the event viewer, I've just read this, re group policy

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174750-boot-times-monitor-event-viewer.html

This implies that I need to setup the group policy to have the events generated, but these steps aren't mentioned here

My question is this (to anyone that has boot times in event viewer - diagnostic performance)

Do you have to enable the policy in gpedit to achieve this auditing?

Rebooting with diagnostic services set to auto

 

[jonnyhotchkiss]

Running the services alone doesn't cause the events. I must have enabled this on another build in the past (checking), seems strange that policy creation isn't mentioned in the boot times guide.

Testing the new policy out..

 

[jonnyhotchkiss]

Even with the policy enabled I still have 0 events in diagnostics-performance.

 

[jonnyhotchkiss]

But the starting the service and refreshing event viewer generates events...

 

[gregrocker]

What does Soluto say? I would take their suggestions to disable or delay services.

Note that if you uninstall Soluto it will take these adjustments with it.

 

[jonnyhotchkiss]

It's changed to a web based trial style superfluous program that's offering screen snap chat remote access BS.. and can't see anything re boot times.

Eeurgh.

 

[gregrocker]

I don't like it either but you can cut to the startup analysis by clicking on your PC on the web page, which is why I specified that. Just ignore the rest.