Windows Media Player very slow startup

omidbrb

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Hi,

Since I installed Windows 7, media player takes a long time to start up. Something about 10 seconds. I have a big library but it still doesn't justify this much the slow startup. Any ideas?

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Omid
 

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HP Pavilion Dv5t 1060ee
OS
Windiws 7 Home Premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.23GHz
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Had the exact same problem while I was using my old Maxtor HDD. And having a big library actually does justify slow startup time, because everytime you start WMP it checks the media library contents for new files. This can also be affected by other programs you may be running at the time of starting WMP.
 

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Laptop
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Custom
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K
Motherboard
MSI MS-7750
Memory
8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX650 Ti BOOST
Sound Card
Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
21' Philips
Screen Resolution
Full HD
Hard Drives
1TB
PSU
500W
I've got a circa 1Tb library. WMC starts in about 2-3 seconds. I guess start up will also be affected by memory and CPU capacity to a greater degree than the size of the library.
 

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Custom built machine
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W7 x64
CPU
Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory
4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card
Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
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Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
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Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
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OCZ 600w
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Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
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Cherry PS/2 custom model
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Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
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ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
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NOD32
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Opera
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Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
Of course, and I will add if I may, the speed of the HDD itself. 10 seconds is nothing compared to the amount of time it took WMP to start while I was using my old HDD
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K
Motherboard
MSI MS-7750
Memory
8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX650 Ti BOOST
Sound Card
Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
21' Philips
Screen Resolution
Full HD
Hard Drives
1TB
PSU
500W
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