Vista - Very Slow Boot Up

Hi
I have just booted up my computer and it seemed to take ages so I ran a program which calculated how long it took and the results was 643 seconds. This is the first time this has happened since it has previously only taken under a minute.
I haven't installed any new programs recently so any suggestions would be grateful.
Thanks

Hello,
You may want to look at start up programs, and all services that start at boot , see if you can minimize some or delay start others, check Brink's Tutorials.



Vista drone1

Thanks for your reply
I looked at the start up programs and services and turned off the unnecessary ones but my computer still takes ages to boot up.
It is something which has only recently happened so I don't think its anything to do with the programs installed.

Hello,
I had the same issues and found a nasty little item(consent.exe) showing up in my diagnostics as slowing my computer, little bugger hides itself on task mgr, when you hit show all users. This item can not be found anywhere except that I run Norton and it shows up as program accessing internet, blocked it there, cleaned up some more messiness and now computer seems to move a little faster.

Vistadrone1

Hi sooty, this tutorial will help you see what's your reboot time. Also, look at the related links section and follow those tutorials in order to reduce the reboot time and increase the performance.

Hi dinesh
I have already used the tutorial to find out my boot up time because that is how I got the time 643 seconds which seems excessive since it hasn't took that long in the past.
I have also already checked how to increase the boot up time but that has only increased the time by about 10 seconds.

Hi
Any more ideas?

Hi sooty, this is my reboot time wth vista ultimate x64 sp1

http://www.vistax64.com/attachments/...-boot-time.png

Its about 5 or 10 seconds slower now iv installed service pack 2. But to speed up your time run a full virus and spyware scan and then click the link in my signature and start at step 2.

Hi Stew
I checked out your link and I followed all of the instructions. It hasn't made much difference because my computer still takes about 10 minutes to boot up.
Like I said previously it has only recently happened so I don't think it is anything to do with the programs or services.
I have also run about 5 anti virus programs to no avail.
Any more ideas?
Thankls

mmmm.. try anti-malware.. google malwarebytes anti-malware... and then try running windows defender along with it too... I used this to speed up my laptop when it was slowing down:

1.Malwarebytes Anti-Malware(Full Scan)
2. Windows Defender(Full Scan)
3. Avira AntiVir (Full Scan)

= Delete all things they report as being bad files... = Speed