How to speed up boot process under Windows Vista or Windows 7

[MagicAndre1981]

The ExplorerInit is extremely slow:

<interval name="ExplorerInit" startTime="24885" endTime="103322" duration="78437">

AV tools often cause such issues. You use MSE which is very slow (in my experience). So try to switch to a different AV tool and run the optimization again.

[JC1975]

The ExplorerInit is extremely slow:

<interval name="ExplorerInit" startTime="24885" endTime="103322" duration="78437">

AV tools often cause such issues. You use MSE which is very slow (in my experience). So try to switch to a different AV tool and run the optimization again.

Thanks Andre :-) What is MSE? What do you suggest I do? Uninstall 'MSE' and install something else? What would you suggest?

Edit. Microsoft Security essentials...duh! I get you. Any suggestions as to what? Is Malwarebytes alone sufficient as a substitute?

Edited December 20, 2012 by JC1975

[JC1975]

Just uninstalled MSE. Didn't make the slightest difference. Is there anything else that could be causing the issue? Malwarebytes perhaps? Is there anything I can do in the registry to tweak the ExplorerInit settings?

Edit: Just disabled Malwarebytes and it took 30 seconds off the boot time down to 109 seconds. That's still a bit slow given how much ram and processor speed I have.....any further ideas as to how to get this time down?

Edited December 20, 2012 by JC1975

[MagicAndre1981]

Run ProcessMonitor, select boot logging now run a new xbootmgr boot trace command (not the optimization). After a reboot, run ProcMon again, stop the boot logging and also save the new xbootmgr file. Compress both logs and upload them.

[JC1975]

Here's one of the requested files: http://sdrv.ms/UWZvSc

And the other: (I ended up for some reason with 6 pml files all created at the same time. I've only uploaded the last one which was the smallest one. If you want the others, let me know): http://sdrv.ms/TdTpOO

Edited December 22, 2012 by JC1975

[MagicAndre1981]

I need all files! (Compress them as 7z/RAR to reduce the size!!!!!!!!!!)

Edited December 22, 2012 by MagicAndre1981

[JC1975]

I need all files! (Compress them as 7z/RAR to reduce the size!!!!!!!!!!)

Gotcha! Here you go: http://sdrv.ms/Uk1Yts

[MagicAndre1981]

I can still see that MSE is running. Completely remove it.

[JC1975]

I can still see that MSE is running. Completely remove it.

I uninstalled it and it made no difference so I put it back on. I'll uninstall it and rerun the logs?

Edited December 22, 2012 by JC1975

[MagicAndre1981]

Yes. Also provide the boot.etl for the same boot. this helps me to filter the ProcMon log.

[JC1975]

Yes. Also provide the boot.etl for the same boot. this helps me to filter the ProcMon log.

Sorry to sound dense but can you elaborate on that?

[MagicAndre1981]

do what I told you in post #574.

Activate boot logging in ProcMon, and NOW run the xbootmgr command to do a normal boot trace:

After reboot, stop ProcMon and xbootmgr and provide the ETL and the PML files (zip them again to reduce the size)

[JC1975]

do what I told you in post #574.

Activate boot logging in ProcMon, and NOW run the xbootmgr command to do a normal boot trace:

After reboot, stop ProcMon and xbootmgr and provide the ETL and the PML files (zip them again to reduce the size)

There you go Andre: http://tinyurl.com/co79w4b

Due to the size of the file I'm sharing via Tonido. Let me know if you have trouble getting the files.

[MagicAndre1981]

Tonido Enabled Device Unavailable

Compress them as 7z (with method LZMA2 and compression ratio ULTRA. This really reduces the size a lot) and upload the 7z to SkyDrive

[JC1975]

Tonido Enabled Device Unavailable

Compress them as 7z (with method LZMA2 and compression ratio ULTRA. This really reduces the size a lot) and upload the 7z to SkyDrive

Done it: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=36C44C03C4D93E47!2808&authkey=!ANk3O2_LayWSzeM