Speeding up boot prior to user log in?

[l Thomas l]

The slowest part of my boot is the part before the user log in to windows thing. I did /noguiboot but that just hides the image, doesn't really help the speed of the boot.

Any ideas on how to speed up that part of the boot up?

I have /noguiboot and my boot order is: hard drive, floppy, optical drive


Bootvis doesn't seem to help. I've tried Diagnostics on my HDD and it's fine.

I've disabled every unneeded service. Services I have enabled are:

Cryptographic Services
DCOM Server Process Launcher
DHCP Client
DNS Client
Event Log
Network Connections
NOD32 Kernel Service
Plug and Play
Remote Procedure Call
Shell Hardware Detection
Task Scheduler
Themes
TrueVector Internet Monitor
User Profile Hive Cleanup
Windows Audio
Windows Management Instrumentation

Startup programs: (checked with RegCleaner)

AtiTrayTools
Nod32kui
USBToolTip (used for my capture card. for some reason, the capture card won't work without it, but every other USB device works without it.)
Zone Labs Client

 

[pcgeek11]

What is your current boot time estimate.

What would you like it to be?

pcgeek11

 

[l Thomas l]

It's about a minute, 15 seconds, with most of that time (about :45) being before the log in screen.

I want it fast for when I have to restart when (un)installing, or whatever reason I have for restarting. Sometimes killing explorer.exe or just logging out doesn't cut it.

 

[P229SAS]

Get a Raptor hard drive :laugh:

 

[nweaver]

Got Patience?

really....are you in such a hurry that a minute 15 seconds is going to kill you?

 

[br0adband]

Bootvis to the rescue. Google for it, then read the help file included. Do a trace of 'Next Boot + Driver Delays' to see how slow it is the first time and what's delaying it, then do another trace and choose Optimize System.

bb

 

[Nothinman]

Why not just hibernate and skip the bootup entirely?

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Why not just hibernate and skip the bootup entirely?

A minute 15 sec isn't bad... Just hibernate as stated above, quick and clean.

pcgeek11