How fast do you boot or shut down?

[twig123]

Rule 3: Chronometer the time since you clicked on "OK" on the shut down dialog and the fan stops spinning.

*Clicks OK, Sticks Pen In Fan*

...1sec

Seriously though:

Boot - ~1.2min (RAID boot screens takes forever to scan for drives...)

Shutdown (minus pen in fan) - ~5sec

[BenoitRen]

Still Vista boots faster than XP which takes an eternity to boot up.

WinXP on my laptop and secondary PC boot fast.

[dlsayremn]

This is my 98SE

Start Time: 02:04.47 total 01:01.54 to logon screen

Have Kerio Personal Firewall and Avast is configured to do memory test at startup.

Shutdown Time: 00:10.15

Computer:

Gateway Essential 667 (yr 2000)

Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE

OS Service Pack None

Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)

DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0)

Motherboard:

CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 667 MHz

Motherboard Name Intel Willow Springs 2 WL810E (4 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video)

Motherboard Chipset Intel Whitney i810E

System Memory 509 MB

BIOS Type AMI (10/03/00)

Storage:

Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK

Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 (15.3 GB)

Optical Drive MITSUMI CD-ROM FX4831T!A

Optical Drive TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202G

Clean install April, 2008. Used soporfic's Autopatcher for 98SE. Everything except power supply, monitor, dvd, keyboard and mouse is original. Kb and mouse borrowed from 2001 Gateway running ME (my wife prefers them). Power supply and dvd added April

Running processes after startup. A lot and some I don't need, but the machine works very well.

ASHMAISV c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashmaisv.exe 14412 KB

ASHSERV c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashserv.exe 9084 KB

ASHWEBSV c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashwebsv.exe 8928 KB

BAUSB c:\program files\boston acoustics\boston usb audio system\bausb.exe 4748 KB

BOSTON c:\program files\boston acoustics\boston usb audio system\boston.exe 13212 KB

DDHELP c:\windows\system\ddhelp.exe 5640 KB

EXPLORER c:\windows\explorer.exe 15340 KB

GWHOTKEY c:\windows\gwhotkey.exe 3584 KB

HIDSERV c:\windows\system\hidserv.exe 4756 KB

HKCMD c:\windows\system\hkcmd.exe 6156 KB

HPQTRA08 c:\program files\hp\digital imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe 9396 KB

HPWUSCHD2 c:\program files\hp\hp software update\hpwuschd2.exe 3488 KB

IGFXTRAY c:\windows\system\igfxtray.exe 6112 KB

KB891711 c:\windows\system\kb891711\kb891711.exe 3440 KB

KERNEL32 c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll 816 KB

LOADQM c:\windows\loadqm.exe 6880 KB

LVCOMS c:\windows\system\lvcoms.exe 6124 KB

mmtask c:\windows\system\mmtask.tsk 3440 KB

MPREXE c:\windows\system\mprexe.exe 4980 KB

MSGSRV32 c:\windows\system\msgsrv32.exe 3496 KB

PERSFW c:\program files\kerio\personal firewall\persfw.exe 7516 KB

POINT32 c:\program files\microsoft hardware\mouse\point32.exe 3880 KB

POWERMENU c:\program files\powermenu\powermenu.exe 3504 KB

PRISMSVR c:\program files\u.s. robotics\wireless usb manager\prismsvr.exe 8228 KB

SK9910DM c:\windows\system\sk9910dm.exe 4780 KB

SPOOL32 c:\windows\system\spool32.exe 4392 KB

STIMON c:\windows\system\stimon.exe 4812 KB

SYSTRAY c:\windows\system\systray.exe 4936 KB

TASKMON c:\windows\taskmon.exe 3468 KB

USR11G c:\program files\u.s. robotics\wireless usb manager\usr11g.exe 7912 KB

WEATHER c:\program files\aws\weatherbug\weather.exe 15792 KB

WMENCAGT c:\program files\windows media components\encoder\wmencagt.exe 4892 KB

WMIEXE c:\windows\system\wmiexe.exe 1460 KB

YMSGR_TRAY c:\program files\yahoo!\messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe 8828 KB

This is for our Compaq SR2180NX with Intel Pentium D (dual) 2.8GHz and 3.0 GB Ram as a reference. Still like the 98SE, but it is my wife's machine.

Start Time: 01:09.44. 00.44.03 to logon screen

Shut down: 00:10.53

Edited August 30, 2008 by dlsayremn