angadsingh007 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Optimize your computer's boot up time.Requirements: Two small tools - TuneXp and BootVisProcedure:1. Optimize Drivers/Services Load Time using Tune XP:About TuneXPTuneXP is the official DriverHeaven.net Windows Tweaking software.All development of TuneXP is therefore endorsed by DriverHeaven, and all donations must be given to them.TuneXP is freeware, and the 1.5 source is proprietary software. This will change in version 2.0, as non-open tweaks are being removed!.TuneXP is the single most easy and featured XP tweaker, you'll ever find. Designed with easy-to-use dropdown menus, it will make your Windows installation go from its sluggish state to a red-blooded, optimized mode. All for free.Dowload: : HereStep-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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------2. Optimizing using BootVisAbout BootVis:Bootvis is a tool for easily enabling capture and graphical display of boot and resume performance trace data in Windows XP. Bootvis by itself will not change a system's boot or resume performance. Bootvis is intended as an aid to allow designers and manufacturers to characterize their system's performance during Windows startup in order to identify areas for further investigation and opportunities for performance improvement.Bootvis can be used to analyze Windows XP startup performance from all off or sleep states, including:System cold boot (power on from the ACPI S5 state)Resume from hibernate (the ACPI S4, or "suspend to disk" state)Resume from standby ( the ACPI S3, or "suspend to RAM" state)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.exeStep-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.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Links & Resources :1. http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/bootvis/2. http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-19.html3. http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-19.html4. Google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 thanksmy boot time is sooooo slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shof515 Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 got anything for wndows 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exclesior Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks, this is a very helpful tweak. Gonna give it a try sometime as my boot time speed is very slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketbuster Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 How often do I need to do this?Once a week? a month?Or is it a permanent change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 i think you should just do it whenever your boot is feeling slugglishthis shaved a whole 1 second off =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml20 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angadsingh007 Posted March 3, 2005 Author Share Posted March 3, 2005 I found out that one can easily shed 2-3 seconds more by using the following boot switches on slow machinesStep-by-step instructionsOpen the command prompt (Start>Run>"cmd">Enter)run the command : attrib -r -s -h "%SystemDrive%\boot.ini"Open the file %SystemDrive%\boot.ini in notepadFind your OS's boot lineE.g.-multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetectTry adding the following switches (if not already there) :/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./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./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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvindK Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angadsingh007 Posted March 18, 2005 Author Share Posted March 18, 2005 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.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well, I hate reposting, but read this again , carefully/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.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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvindK Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angadsingh007 Posted March 18, 2005 Author Share Posted March 18, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvindK Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 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. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stead Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 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 thatBut, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Park Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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