Jeff7577 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I just formatted my Vista Laptop and put XP Pro on it. I am noticing that Start up/shut down is taking longer than it should. During this time there is little to no hard drive activity so i'm not sure whats going on. Is there a way to see what Windows is trying to load during this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Good ol' BOOTVIS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootVishttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-...k/BootVis.shtmlCreating a bootlog? /BOOTLOG in BOOT.INI:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb963892.aspxjaclaz Edited March 11, 2009 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Yup... thx again jaclaz! a wealth of info and links (are you a cyborg?)!Disabled Hibernation in a reloaded one recently because of that. May try that nifty tool out instead.There's also a "glitchy" in shutdown that "uphclean" will help with (User Profile Hive Cleanup). Go to MS and read about what it does and why you might need it (may not need it at all). Edited March 11, 2009 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Yup... thx again jaclaz! a wealth of info and links (are you a cyborg?)!Cannot reveal my true identity, nor the search methods I use.......otherwise...http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...16534&st=23jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff7577 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Alright I used BootVis and it looks like it is mrxsmb.sys that is taking about 15 seconds to do its thing on startup. I googled it and its some type of network thing that is looking for my home network on startup. I couldn't find anything about fixing it. Anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Usually it is due to it looking for "something", like a mapped network drive:http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=18327But it's also possible that you have a loopback address set to something else from 127.0.0.0:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884020/en-usCheck also Event viewer...It could also be "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks":http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15159jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff7577 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Alright I fixed the slow boot-up by disabling my LAN which I almost never use anyway. I am still having a slow shutdown though, is there any way to see what is causing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Alright I fixed the slow boot-up by disabling my LAN which I almost never use anyway. I am still having a slow shutdown though, is there any way to see what is causing that?Here:http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowshutdown.htmhttp://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htmjaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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