MSFN Forums > Trace Vista boot/shutdown/hibernate/standby/resume issues

Full Version: Trace Vista boot/shutdown/hibernate/standby/resume issues

MSFN Forums > Microsoft Software Products - Discussion & Support > Windows Vista

cluberti

May 9 2008, 04:23 PM

The very first thing you must do is download and install the Windows Performance Tools Kit (x86 for 32bit, x64 package for 64bit) - choose the "complete" option during install.

Next, open a command prompt, and type the proper command for the trace you'd like to execute:

For boot tracing:

CODE

xbootmgr -trace boot -noPrepReboot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -resultPath C:\TEMP

For shutdown tracing:

CODE

xbootmgr -trace shutdown -noPrepReboot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -resultPath C:\TEMP

For Standby+Resume:

CODE

xbootmgr -trace standby -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -resultPath C:\TEMP

For Hibernate+Resume:

CODE

xbootmgr -trace hibernate -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -resultPath C:\TEMP

replace C:\TEMP with any temp directory on your machine as necessary to store the output files

All of these will shutdown, hibernate, or standby your box, and then reboot to finish tracing. Once Vista does reboot, log back in as necessary and once the countdown timer finishes, you should now have some tracing files in C:\TEMP. If asked, upload or provide the file(s) generated in C:\TEMP (or the directory you chose) on a download share for analysis.

This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.