[MagicAndre1981]

irvs, on 04 December 2010 - 02:05 PM, said:

Yes, I have Computer Associates ISS 2010.

Wouldn't that have interfered with the first running if it were a problem?

this maybe the cause.

@Kingdutch

try Avira AntiVir or Avast!

[Kingdutch]

I'll try the free Avast version since both companies seem to be good at listing what their free versions _can't_ do rather than what they _can_ do.
It's nearing 11 PM here though so the reboots will have to wait for tomorrow.

Thanks for the help so far, I'll report back soon.
Good Night,

Kingdutch

[irvs]

MagicAndre1981, on 04 December 2010 - 03:27 PM, said:

irvs, on 04 December 2010 - 02:05 PM, said:

Yes, I have Computer Associates ISS 2010.

Wouldn't that have interfered with the first running if it were a problem?

this maybe the cause.

@Kingdutch

try Avira AntiVir or Avast!

Thanks, but I'd rather not switch security suites at this time. I can disable them from starting if necessary, but otherwise, unless I have to, I'll not switch or disable them.

Irv S.

[MagicAndre1981]

try it out. If it wasn't the cause you can install it again.

[irvs]

MagicAndre1981, on 04 December 2010 - 06:24 PM, said:

try it out. If it wasn't the cause you can install it again.

I'd like too, but it isn't that easy. Uninstall takes ALL the settings out. I loose all the white list stuff, the network settings, and it bothers me again for all the stuff it had learned with respect to programs.

I may just disable it from starting, that would be the same I'd think?

What bothers me is that I know before the first boot, it was run as an Administrator. After the first boot, it wasn't? I know because when I pressed FINISH it told me in a dialog box to make sure I allow it to run as Administrator. Was it supposed to do this? Would I need to set the properties to always run that way?

Irv S.

[MagicAndre1981]

I've asked cluberti about the error. lets wait what he tells us.

[Kingdutch]

I have installed my new harddrive and reinstalled windows 7, this got rid of the boot problem (10 min. +) so I'm not really sure what the cause was but comodo hasn't really slowed it down too much imo. I'm posting the boot traces from the start of the optimization and the end of the optimization.

I don't have any traces from before installing CIS, sorry.

Greetings,
Kingdutch

PS. couldn't attach the original .etl's to the forum post =/ sorry.

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[MagicAndre1981]

the boot is now fine. Compare the values. Before the optimization the boot takes 35s to the desktop and 52s to boot completely. After running the optimization your Windows needs 16s to boot o the desktop and 21s to boot completely.

This is a huge improvement

[Attila]

Hi Andre, I have a few questions, if you can kindly answer...

I noticed that when we execute the xbootmgr several files are created within \windows\prefetcher\ and \windows\prefetcher\readyboot.

Do you know what these files means? If I copy them to another pc with the exactly same specs, it will decrease boot time? Or do I have to run xbootmgr again mandatorily?

Thanks

[MagicAndre1981]

The files in the 2 folder \windows\prefetcher\ and \windows\prefetcher\readyboot are part of the prefetcher (ReadyBoot). You have to run the xbootmgr on every PC again. The files are only valid for your PC.

[Attila]

MagicAndre1981, on 15 December 2010 - 09:53 AM, said:

The files in the 2 folder \windows\prefetcher\ and \windows\prefetcher\readyboot are part of the prefetcher (ReadyBoot). You have to run the xbootmgr on every PC again. The files are only valid for your PC.

Ok, but if I got 3 PCs that are exactly the same (installation, specs, even components), is there a way to just replicate the prefetcher (readyboot) on the other PCs?

[MagicAndre1981]

no, you can't transfer them.

[Attila]

MagicAndre1981, on 15 December 2010 - 11:32 AM, said:

no, you can't transfer them.

Ok, thanks Andre!

Now, I was looking at the xbootmgr log on the users file. Just for me to understand it better, what exactly does it do? It defragments disk before prefetcher? How does readyboot knows the drivers and applications files that are "prefetched" and is there any way to edit them? I noticed that are .cab, .db files...besides a "layout.ini" file. Can you please explain more details about the process?

Thanks again

[MagicAndre1981]

in the readyboot folder there are which which are used too prefetch the files which are used in later boot progress. Windows decides which files will be prefetch. You can't change this.

[Dick39]

MagicAndrei1981:
As you requested . . .
Dick

[MagicAndre1981]

ok, your Windows takes 21s to boot to the desktop and 49s to boot completely.

PreSMSS" startTime="0" endTime="4731" duration="4731">

this is fast. detecting each IDEChannel takes 1 second.

SMSSInit" startTime="4731" endTime="12571" duration="7839">

Why don't you use real drivers for your card?

ATI RADEON III (Standard VGA Graphics Adapter)

WinlogonInit" startTime="12571" endTime="19320" duration="6748">

this takes a bit too long. As you can read here, this can be caused by AntiVirus tools. I can see that you use MSE and it causes IO activity. Try version 2.0 of MSE which was released today. It has performance improvements for low spec systems like yours.

interval name="ExplorerInit" startTime="19320" endTime="21305" duration="1984">

this is also ok.

="PostExplorerPeriod" startTime="21305" endTime="59705" duration="38400">

Starting all programs at startup (Acronis, MSE) takes too long (28 seconds)

But the boot is very good for such an old system (INTEL®_PENTIUM®_4_CPU_2.80GHZ, 2GB RAM).

[Dick39]

Many thanks, Andrei, for your helpful comments. I really appreciate them.
I'll work on your suggestions; and post results afterwards.
Dick

[MagicAndre1981]

it doesn't make a difference. Boottime is the same.I can see in both that the service NlaSvc (Network Location Awareness service - http://blogs.technet...l-profiles.aspx) takes long to start.

Can you run Process Monitor, enable boot logging and run the xbootmgr command? after booting, start Process Monitor again and save the data into a PML file. Zip the etl und the PML file and upload both.

[Dick39]

Andrei:
Do you want procmon output plus the 6-boot bootmanager results; or with the boot trace command?
Sorry for such a basic question.
Dick

[MagicAndre1981]

now the Network Location Awareness service starts fast.

I think you can't optimize the boot more.

Install all Windows programs and at the end run the optimization again.