And I know adding stuff can make that happen and I do have a few things that I added that I expect to make it take a little longer but I was curious about one thing in particular. I have (4) network drives "mapped" in my Windows Explorer just so I can have quick access to the drives on the other computers in my house. But, most always, non of them are turned on so I get one of those little cloud pop-ups that says something like, "Could not connect to network drives" or something like that.
So, I was just wondering if having a bunch of drives mapped like this can cause Windows to stall a bit during a boot-up because it is looking for drives that aren't there.
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The forum now has this choice when you post and if you post as a question it hampers have a discussion.
Did you look at your machine with AUTORUNS? It's over at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
And lean? Can to share your HIJACKTHIS LOG? It's worth a quick peek?
And what about this machine? Make, model and details seem absent. For example many install Norton or another large app and then discover it carries a price.
Bob
Did you look at your machine with AUTORUNS? It's over at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
And lean? Can to share your HIJACKTHIS LOG? It's worth a quick peek?
And what about this machine? Make, model and details seem absent. For example many install Norton or another large app and then discover it carries a price.
Bob
Reply 2 : Long Boot-up Time
And sorry, I forgot the machine info, it was all in my profile but I should have supplied it here too.
I haven't installed "Hijackthis" on this machine yet and no Norton, I strip that out and use AVG only.
I also examined everything I have "auto-starting" and don't have anything I need except for one questionable item. I use an old Sandisk Thumbdrive as an additional backup to my online banking and it is setup with U3. I know the Cruzer U3 is infamous for trouble but it never caused a problem before, but that's not to say it isn't conflicting with something now. Here is a link to a screen-shot of my Task Manager
And here are my machine specs:
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC with an
Intel Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 GHz: 4.00 GB of RAM
32 kilobyte primary memory cache: 256
kilobyte secondary memory cache:
6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache:
64-bit ready: Multi-core (4 total): Hyper-threaded (8 total) Board:
Hewlett-Packard 3659 32.25: Bus Clock: 1066 megahertz:
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 [Hard drive]
(500.11 GB) -- drive 0, SMART Status: Healthy
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421:
Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9: Open Office 3.2.0 (Build:9483)
AVG Pro Internet Suite & Windows 7
Home Premium SP1
I haven't installed "Hijackthis" on this machine yet and no Norton, I strip that out and use AVG only.
I also examined everything I have "auto-starting" and don't have anything I need except for one questionable item. I use an old Sandisk Thumbdrive as an additional backup to my online banking and it is setup with U3. I know the Cruzer U3 is infamous for trouble but it never caused a problem before, but that's not to say it isn't conflicting with something now. Here is a link to a screen-shot of my Task Manager
And here are my machine specs:
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC with an
Intel Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 GHz: 4.00 GB of RAM
32 kilobyte primary memory cache: 256
kilobyte secondary memory cache:
6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache:
64-bit ready: Multi-core (4 total): Hyper-threaded (8 total) Board:
Hewlett-Packard 3659 32.25: Bus Clock: 1066 megahertz:
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 [Hard drive]
(500.11 GB) -- drive 0, SMART Status: Healthy
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421:
Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9: Open Office 3.2.0 (Build:9483)
AVG Pro Internet Suite & Windows 7
Home Premium SP1
Reply 3 : Long Boot-up Time
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It avoids any others from chipping in.
Mark
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These machines usually have little protection. Folk add apps plus more protection and sometimes these slow down the boot.
But why BOOT? Why not use hibernation to skip the long boot?
Bob
But why BOOT? Why not use hibernation to skip the long boot?
Bob
Reply 6 : Long Boot-up Time
I don't re-boot often,maybe once or twice a week, just to clear the caches and such. Plus, I've encountered an interesting issue where web content can't open my Windows Media Player to see a video or play an mp3 unless I reboot.
When I open the Task Manager, like right now, I only have 26 processes running and just 1 application. So I think I still have it running pretty lean.
When I open the Task Manager, like right now, I only have 26 processes running and just 1 application. So I think I still have it running pretty lean.
I don't re-boot my laptop so many times, like hardly once in a week. But it seems me informative blog here.
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