Optimize your computer's boot up time.

Requirements: Two small tools - TuneXp and BootVis

Procedure:

1. Optimize Drivers/Services Load Time using Tune XP:



Dowload: : Here

Step-by-step info on using it:
* STEP 1 - Download it and install it
* STEP 2 - Start it up and choose your windows directory (most probably C:\Windows or C:\WINNT)
* STEP 3 - In the "Memory and file system" menu go to "Ultra Fast Booting (rearrange boot files)"
* STEP 4 - Patiently wait for it to finish processing your boot files
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2. Optimizing using BootVis



I will show you how to use Microsoft BootVis to speed up your systems bootup and shutdown times. First of all, download the latest version of Microsoft BootVis (v1.3.37.0) from here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whi...ootVis-tool.exe

Step-by-Step Guide for using BootVis:

Install and run it . The opening screen is simple, and blank. To start...

* STEP 1 - Ensure all of the tickboxes on the left are ticked
* STEP 2 - Click on the Trace menu at the top, and choose Next Boot + Driver Delays
* STEP 3 - Click OK then the Reboot Now button. When your computer restarts, do not click on anything until BootVis opens and closes (wait around 1 minute).
* STEP 4 - When it has appeared and gone, re-open BootVis.
* STEP 5 - Click on the Trace menu at the top again, and choose Optimise System.
* STEP 6 - Click Reboot Now, and when your computer restarts, do not click on anything until BootVis opens and shows a small window explaining what it's doing. It has finished when the box closes.

All done! Your computer will now bootup (and hopefully shutdown!) quicker.

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Links & Resources :

1. http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/bootvis/
2. http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-19.html
3. http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-19.html
4. Google!

thanks
my boot time is sooooo slow

got anything for wndows 2000?

Thanks, this is a very helpful tweak. Gonna give it a try sometime as my boot time speed is very slow

How often do I need to do this?
Once a week? a month?
Or is it a permanent change?

i think you should just do it whenever your boot is feeling slugglish
this shaved a whole 1 second off =D

one thing you might want to add to you guide is that the more fonts you have installed, the longer it takes to boot, because windows loads them all in boot process.

i installed 1000+ fonts one time and it took my comp a few mins to boot up next time

I found out that one can easily shed 2-3 seconds more by using the following boot switches on slow machines

Step-by-step instructions

1. Open the command prompt (Start>Run>"cmd">Enter)
2. run the command : attrib -r -s -h "%SystemDrive%\boot.ini"
3. Open the file %SystemDrive%\boot.ini in notepad
4. Find your OS's boot line
   E.g.-
   
   CODE
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
5. Try adding the following switches (if not already there) :
   
   CODE
   /FASTDETECT - Specifying FASTDETECT causes NTDETECT to skip parallel and serial device enumeration for a boot into Win2K, whereas omitting the switch has NTDETECT perform enumeration for a boot into NT 4.0. Win2K setup automatically recognizes dual-boot configurations and sets this switch for BOOT.INI lines that specify a Win2K boot. Windows 2000/XP Only.
   
   
   CODE
   /NOGUIBOOT - When this option is specified the VGA video driver responsible for presenting bit mapped graphics during Win2K's boot process is not initialized. The driver is used to display boot progress information, as well as to print the Blue Screen crash screen, so disabling it will disable Win2K's ability to do those things as well. Windows 2000/XP only.
   
   
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   /NOSERIALMICE=[COMx | COMx,y,z...] - Disables serial mouse detection of the specified COM port(s). Use this switch if you have a component other than a mouse attached to a serial port during the startup sequence. If you use /NOSERIALMICE without specifying a COM port, serial mouse detection is disabled on all COM ports.

Tell me if this makes any further decrease in the boot time

the /NOGUIBOOT switch will disable the WinXP bootscreen too. so what you get to see is a blank screen for that duration, so how exactly will that be saving bootup time.

Well, I hate reposting, but read this again , carefully



If you specify this switch, then the VGA driver which loads up the boot screen will not be initialized, so it will save some boot time on SLOW systems.

i don't like reposting too. but this tweak does not save any time at bootup.

if you don't want feedback why do you ask for it?

Firstly, i told you in the last post it works wonders on SLOW systems. Try it on Pentium 3 550 Mhz Processor fitted on an Intel 440bx2 Motherboard, then you'll see AND then give me the feedback.

Your feedback and responses are higlhy appreciated.

I only insist that you read the posts carefully before commenting

i'd tried it on a P4 1.2 Ghz, which i thought would be slow by today's standard. well my bad, i guess.
did not mean to offend you there buddy.

and did i forget to say THANKS for the info and clarification.

Right, well i download bootvis, run it, and this is the problem i'm having, well its not really a problem, it made one hell of a difference showing the welcome screen and logging on to desktop, takes a couple of seconds if that

But, when i clicked optimize in bootvis, my technical way of seeing how fast windows xp loads is counting how many bars are used, during the time it monitors the boot to optimize it, it doesn't even get to finish one bar, however when its finished, and before i did it for that matter, it took 3 and half bars, what does it do different when it monitors it to optimize it? it wouldn't of bothered me before but now i know it can boot that quick, i want to know why it doesn't!

its not a real problem, i'm just curious

Hy there.
Sorry for this but this post is one of the poorest & stupid post.
What are you sayng in your post is bulls""t.
That are the most simpliest stuffs.
Can't you find something more advanced & interesting.
Sorry.

Thanks for the encouragement and support you are lending, through above post.

BTW, if it was so simple..... why did you not post it yourself first?
Moreover, your post history shows you have only one post till now - troll (deliberately disrupting the peace).

Please read the rules and the topics linked to in my sig, and refrain from further trolling unless ban is a loved word.