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Firestrider

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I tried everything in here: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70563-boot-up.html?ltr=B

And I still have a slow startup: 30-40 seconds just on the Windows loading bar.

When I first installed Vista it was not like this.

I tried to figure out what was causing this so I downloaded xperf and did a xbootmgr trace.

Could the red circled things be causing the problem:

bootda1.jpg
 
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When was the last time you defragged?
 

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Vista automatically defragged 3 days ago.

EDIT: I added what my services config is.
 

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What were you linking to in your first post? The link just sends me to this forum's main page.
 

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I take it you did all 9 of these? How was booting before you applied these tweaks? Did you also run Auslogics registry defrag?

I noticed my boot times increased a bit (a few seconds) after KB958644, the security update released 10/23; not by much, but it was still noticeable to me. Perhaps I'm just anal like that?

I would try undoing what you did and see if that makes a difference? Vista, by default, doesn't really take that long to boot and it doesn't really require a whole lot of tweaking.
 

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    eVGA 8800 GTS
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    X-Fi XtremeGamer
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    Samsung 226BW
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    500GB W.D. RE2 Primary
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    PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
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    Lian Li Lancool K62
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    Thermalright Ultima-90/S-Flex 120mm
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    MS Natural Elite 4000 Ergonomic
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    Logitech G5
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    2.5MB/430
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    D-Link DGL 4500
have you disabled readyboost in services by any chance , it also includes readyboot which caches all yuor startup stuff for faster boot , if you disable it it takes AGES to start
 

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Thanks for all the help.

Yeah, I disabled ReadyBoost in my services.

I tried setting the startup type for ReadyBoost to Automatic and restart is still slow.

A full startup still takes 115 seconds. I'm going to set my services to default settings and see what that does...


EDIT: OK I fixed it. It had to be one of the services that I needed! It used to take 115 seconds for a full restart now its 54 seconds.

It's weird that enabling more services at startup gave me a faster boot time.

I took another trace and looky now:

http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=boot2ss6.jpg

In the previous trace services started a whole 40 seconds later, anyone know why this is?
 
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It was readyboost ;0)
 

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    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
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    1680x1050
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ha ha no mate i was just joking ;)

I disabled alot of services myself when i forst got Vista , trimmed it right down , then came across another site offering advice on yet more services you dont need , so i disabled them too , i thought they would be unrelated to boot up time but it seemed they wern't , my boot time doubled , re enabled them and all was fine , seems you had the same problem

54 seconds is good btw im getting 66 and after a reg defrag im getting 64 but i have my mouse software , Riva Tuner (for gpu fan control) wireless software and eset smart security all starting so im assuming thats why it takes a little longer
 

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    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Hi Firestrider, I am sure you have looked already but brink has written some excellent Tutorials on the problems you described. They will improve your boot speed or at the very least prevent you from switching off something you shouldn't. Well worth the read, a must do, in fact.:cool:
 

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