[robe]

Yeah, I saw that the big spike wasn't there now, weird. Makes me wonder if my system is unstable is some way?
What can I do about the registry issues? (ntkrnlmp.exe)

I'll check through startup tools in Autoruns, you've got any idea which ones is worth keeping except Avast AV?
But now I'm more concerned if there's anything wrong with my system.

Is it enough just to unplug the webcam to make Windows Image Acquisition service work ok? Or should I put the service on delayed start?

This post has been edited by robe: 31 August 2012 - 10:42 AM

[MagicAndre1981]

the WIA service should be started on demand. so removing the Webcam should prevent the service from starting.

Look at all those Asus tool. Do you need all of them?

[war59312]

My computer is taking over 2 minutes to shutdown.

Sadly every time I try and trace I get this:

[2012/09/15-21:05:15.810] Registering for auto-run with a 120000 msec delay...
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.814] Completed auto-run change.
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.814] Registering for auto-run with a 1 msec delay...
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.814] Completed auto-run change.
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.826] Starting trace...
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.875] Couldn't start tracing session to 'C:\TEMP\shutdown_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1_km_premerge.etl' (0x000000b7).
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.876] Unable to start trace.
[2012/09/15-21:05:15.876] Stopping trace...
[2012/09/15-21:05:16.240] Stopped kernel logger.
[2012/09/15-21:05:16.240] Couldn't find user-mode logger in active logger list.
[2012/09/15-21:05:16.240] Unregistering auto-run...
[2012/09/15-21:05:16.240] Completed auto-run change.

OK, this 1 worked: http://www.sevenforu...boot-trace.html after I did:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

My shutdown trace: http://www.datafileh...d-4fc37a1d.html

This post has been edited by war59312: 15 September 2012 - 08:00 PM

[MagicAndre1981]

According to the trace, your Windows shuts down in 14s and not 2 minutes:

- <timing shutdownTime="14329" servicesShutdownDuration="5000">

[war59312]

Then it lies! Figures!

I just timed it with a stop watch, 3 times in a row, average of 2 minutes 6 seconds just for my computer to turn off.

Enter time it's stuck on "Shutting Down".

[MagicAndre1981]

Did it also happen when you ran the trace?

[war59312]

Yes indeed, happens every single time.

Will get another trace later in the week to be sure.

[MagicAndre1981]

Do this and give me the new trace file.

[war59312]

OK, I figured out my issue.

The issue is http://memory.datara...oftware/ramdisk which seems to have a bug.

My small 1GB RAM drive should be saving to my super fast SSD in a few seconds which it seems to be doing but the driver is taking too long to exit which causes shutdown to hang for 2+ minutes.

Going to see if there new version 4 makes any difference.

[MagicAndre1981]

ok

[war59312]

Well afraid version 4 makes no difference what so ever.

Guess I will be switching to a different product. Too bad.

OK I have started using this for my RAMDisk and no more shutdown issue and works perfectly for my needs: http://thessdreview....ftware/1834.htm

This post has been edited by war59312: 22 September 2012 - 02:53 PM

[doveman]

MagicAndre1981, on 23 August 2012 - 05:07 AM, said:

make a new boot trace

OK, I finally got round to doing this. The delay is still about 1m10s before the boot animation shows and then another 30s until the desktop shows. This is with the NoGuiBoot and Bootlog options disabled.

http://www.mediafire...kj1tts5jdumdd7b

[MagicAndre1981]

the trace still doesn't show any delays:

<timing bootDoneViaExplorer="30360" bootDoneViaPostBoot="68360" osLoaderDuration="2363" postBootRequiredIdleTime="10000" postBootDisturbance="28000"

so booting to the desktop takes 30s and your Windows is fully booted in 58s. The osLoader takes 2.3s to load and not 1minute. So I can see where you have the delay. The only thing which is a larger delay is that AntiVir service takes 14s to start.

[doveman]

MagicAndre1981, on 23 September 2012 - 03:34 AM, said:

the trace still doesn't show any delays:

<timing bootDoneViaExplorer="30360" bootDoneViaPostBoot="68360" osLoaderDuration="2363" postBootRequiredIdleTime="10000" postBootDisturbance="28000"

so booting to the desktop takes 30s and your Windows is fully booted in 58s. The osLoader takes 2.3s to load and not 1minute. So I can see where you have the delay. The only thing which is a larger delay is that AntiVir service takes 14s to start.

OK, thanks for checking it anyway. Obviously whatever's causing the delay isn't caught by the trace.

[jeked]

Hi magicandre1981,

Im wondering if your still willing to have a look at start-up times etc. I have gone through your tutorial and the HDD optimisation you linked to and have made it a little faster but it is still very long time. I have narrowed the longest time down to the WinlogonInit and PostExplorerPeriod sections of the log generated but in the services are im unable to find much after the initial changes i made.

Before doing your tutorial i also went through my usual speed up routine which i have attached which hopefully didn't cause this problem but basically it uninstalls unneeded/unused software, checks for virus/trojan/etc and removes old drivers.

I have attached the before and after XML summaries but the etl's before is 480KB and after is 603KB.

What is it that you would need if you were going to look?

Best regards,
JohnC.

Attached File(s)

•  summary_boot_before.xml (136.33K)
  Number of downloads: 3
•  summary_boot_after.xml (164.1K)
  Number of downloads: 4
•  speedUpRoutine.txt (2.64K)
  Number of downloads: 5

[MagicAndre1981]

I need the ETL file to see why WinLogonInit is slow. Compress it as 7z or RAR and upload it to your SkyDrive or Dropbox.

[jeked]

Hi and thanks for the response.

I have added to dropbox with the following links:
1. Pre-Fix:
https://www.dropbox....pre-boot-etl.7z

2. Post-Fix: <- Most current
https://www.dropbox....ost-boot-etl.7z

Please let me know if those links dont work as i have never used Dropbox share function...

Regards

[MagicAndre1981]

Restoring the network connections takes 125s and causes the long delay:

 WinLogonInt_RestoreNetworkConnections.png (29.09K)
Number of downloads: 3

So don't restore network connections all the time. Map them later via a CMD script with

NET USE /PERSISTENT: NO

[jeked]

Ill make the change ad re-trace, thanks for your help so far.

[MagicAndre1981]

ok, tell me the result.