How long does it take for your computer to load windows (after it's completely shut down)?
From the moment you push the power button until every startup program/process is loaded.

Also, post your computer specifications.

Mine takes like 50 seconds.

Can you tell me what affects the boot time?
Do the processor speed and the amount of RAM affect it?

ur computer spec will not affect much. The increase of loading time is mainly due to the number of startup program that u set to load. Load program as min as possible and ur load time will be fine.

Mine over 2 minutes...don't know why....if I hide my desktop icons it will load very long....

Yup, agree with u...

The startup program determine the boot up speed...

how to manage the start up item??? mine oso take too long to load..

curreently using acer aspire 4520 laptop wif 2gb ram..

cone somebody teach me .... =(

noob here..

hide icon will increase loading time

but i juz wonder.. 1.6ghz amd turionx2 faster or p4 2.6ghz? because my amd took lesser time compare with another desktop

Before installing VMWare 30 seconds. 40seonds until everything's loaded.

Now around 1min max. 2min max.

Laptop btw.

This post has been edited by eXPeri3nc3: Feb 8 2008, 08:21 PM

mine abt 1 minute, dunno why there is an extra white bar loading screen for AMD Athlon XP on Windows XP

having additional RAM and fast processors do help, my bro's PC can boot into Vista within seconds

This post has been edited by cyew86: Feb 8 2008, 08:54 PM

use Microsoft Bootvis to get the real result. don't "agak-agak" the time..

Why hiding desktop icons will increase boot time?

Anything more than 2GB no difference after that. I dun believe ur bro's VISTA is faster, it's probably just doesn't have much startup srvices and program install. I've dual boot VISTA and XP on my PC.

I say this is all quite pointless coz you'll never know how many startup services or programs everyone has to do an actual comparison.

IMO, the best bet is to wait for those SSD HDD. The HDD is the greatest bottleneck now.

yeaa....disable the unprimary startup program that cause ur system to slow when starting.....so far mine take less than one min...

my laptop take time around 3 minutes... i donno y so s**k...
this are items loading when i start my window...
y and how to improve it?

better show us ss when u open msconfig...

these are only things that running in my laptop...
always the same...
how any idea?

mines take 2 minute oso...

Wow u have so many program at start-up...

I only have about 10 program...

Mine is just around 20-30 sec (from powering up computer to desktop showing and ready to use) i dont have much programs running at startup including antivirus..

why your's take too long to boot up?

I bet if I disable my ZoneAlarm, Rainlendar, Kaspersky, VM services, I can reach your speed as well.

kekeke..you might be right about that as some of those softwares you mentioned are indeed bloated and heavy which could slow down your boot time like zonealarm and vmware..

i dont have these 2 programs in my windows actualy. i just use xp's built in firewall but note that it's will not filter out your outbound traffic though (your pc to network/internet) since it's been designed to only block/allow inbound/incoming traffic (network/internet to your pc) blehh..i dont really care.

and about virtual machine, my choice is virtualbox since it doesnt install so many services that have to be always running in the background. Tried vmware before but didnt like it much because of dozens of services it installed but this program undeniabley one of the great vm machine programs out there *thumbs up*

(when it comes to free vm machine, virtualbox is always the winner) *wink*

Can anyone tell me why bububang said tht hiding desktop icons will increase boot time?

the question here is how can i improve my speed?
just need advice...
10q

Decrease you mean?

Well, if you have tons of it, Windows have to search for the folder Desktop and show it on Desktop (duh!). If there's nothing to show then there is some spare time for something else to load.

It's not obvious, but it's there.

But bububang said it will INCREASE loading time.....

me about 5 minutes.............

when pc jz came(NEW) is 20 seconds

what i have in msconfig :
modem driver (it should take almost to zero resources)
graphic driver
sound manager/driver
language bar (it should take almost to zero resources)
avg anti spyware
avg anti virus
msn (it should take almost to zero resources)
nero
ms office
daemon tools

no other special effects thingy like those objectdocks, or those idk wat u call that stuff on the desktop like calender etc, widgets?

NONE...

512 ram xp sp 2 pro 2.8ghz
i think my registry is clogged up

i take more than 2 minutes..using vista...
any vista user here load less than 2 minutes?

for my pc vista will definately faster around 15 second.while window xp is around 20 second.10 second alredi gave to slow bios booting.If not sure very fast lol

My pc boot time is around 20-30s.......But my shutdown time is quite fast 10s only!!!!!!!!! And I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate LITE..........

mine it takes about 30 seconds...

i only have Kaspersky Antivirus, ATI Graphic, Audio and MSN messenger in my startup

I tot MSN Messenger takes alot of resources???

40 seconds, usind dualcore n windows xp sp3

last time 1 core loading take 2mins+

I think dualcore matter.

Just disable those unwanted startups like what i do.Many softwares inject startups that are very unnecessary.Take for example "adobe photoshop picture detection",runs in the background but eats up lots of ram.

I think it's time for u to reformat... Or if u don't want to, get a registry clean up software n start uninstalling all unnecessary software...

if i'm not mistaken, ms office takes quite a bit or processor juice..

ok can someone tell me wat does ms office do?
is it nesssary? can i off its startup?

erm, try cleaning up ur registry, bro... before i use cleaning registry software last time (advanced registry doctor pro edition) , my boot time is roughly about 2-3mins... after using it without disabling any start up programs, it reduced my boot time to 1 min... after disabling start up programs like utorrent and windows live, my boot time approx 40 secs....

Desktop icons eat ur RAM,so it took a time for ur ram to be respond.why?Icons is based on GUI.

U can try some tweaks for fast boot,faster shutdown,increase startup time by referring on other sites.

Disable prefecth can give some performance.If u using WinXP,u could use XP tool/XP tweak and etc..
which can give whatever u want,but not at all.

Best way is not to shut down your computer. Just hibernate. Resuming will take less than 30 seconds

my xp at home boot around 2 mins...lol

But u see, it's HIDING DESKTOP ICON increase boot time wo...should be showing more icons increases more time, but he said HIDING

using laptop at the moment . around 1min. still slow. want use back desktop.

hmm never counted
but with fresh install on raid.. windows xp bar.. about 2 1/2
with avg and all the rubbish now.. around 7...

maybe he mean...increase the performance of boot time that also mean decrease the time for startup.

This post has been edited by -=ProtozuaqS=-: Feb 12 2008, 08:53 AM

actually ... i suppose alot is dependent on your startup progs and apps

i am more curious on how long it takes from the moment u press the ON button until u see the windows loading logo .... coz i have a pentiumD at home that takes quite long to reach that windows loading screen
booting up on IDE HD .. another SATA HD for data storage

i find centrino procs loads very quick on lappies..

1 minute...

i only start AVG, Zone Alarm, SnD Timer and Ati graphic card control centre..

to decrease the time for boot up, just untick unnecessary things like, msn...

mine take AGES. boot up is like 30 sec stuff but once i entered my password and it's loading my profiles, i can seriously go make myself a coffee. oh i am on Dell Precision notebook (M65). Gheee i guess Norton does make a different. But well i will do with it as security wise.

last times i tot my pc load slow,but now i feel my pc load fast.
my load time is 22sec....this computer 6 years old oredi.

Mine's about a minute, cos the BIOS does a lot of diagnostics.

From POST to logo : 30 seconds

From logo to Start : 30 seconds

Firefox load time : 2 seconds

Shut down time : 5.79 seconds



Videos attached



This post has been edited by wodenus: Feb 18 2008, 01:58 AM

There are many factors that affect loading time:

Operating System: Vista generally boots faster than XP because Vista has some new technologies that help decrease boot time.

Startup Programs: If you have plenty of startup programs, this will definitely slow down your pc as it needs to load all those programs. Ask yourself honestly, are you going to use the program frequently? If not, just disable the programs that you don't want to use. Another note: Norton AV = Resource Hog

BIOS: Depending on which BIOS you use and it's version, the load time of your pc may vary.

Fragmentation of Files: Quote from Wikipedia



File fragmentation will affect the speed of which the pc boots. Be sure to use a defragmentation utility from time to time in order to speed up your pc boot times. Do not use the built in disk defragmenter as it is quite unreliable in my opinion.

Viruses: Naturally, viruses can cause damages in many aspects such as internet connection speed and disabling certain programs. Some viruses can also slow down pc boot time because it needs to load in order to perform malicious tasks.

err good pc spec should drecresse boot time too, like raid0 sata disk, faster cpu, bigger and faster ram

my pc boot time is controled by me, coz it wont boot into windows(stuck) if i dont unplug my vmcc 3g modem

mine was about 135second, intel pentium m 1.4gHz 512mb ram

My rigs just take 35 sec to boot up
Startup program just have NOD32

Windows Ultimate 32-bit SP1
approx 20~25sec....

Boot time - 1 minute++ (loading kav, msn, etc.)
Shut down time - 20 Sec++

OS : Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit, E7200, 2GB DDR2

me takes 1minute and 16second to fully load all the application.

spec.
intel p4 1.8ghz stock
1gb ram
160gb HD

Boot up Windows XP in less than a minute.

weird .... after i disable almost everything in my copy of xp , it still takes about 1minute and 6 seconds to boot ...

only thing booting with windows is avast, live messenger, spybot teatimer and the acer launch manager

I cold boot = From "Power Off" -> Power "On" -> "Login" but "Automatic Login" is 5 seconds. PS: I'm not talking about my Windows but my Mac.

Use ccleaner to manage ur startup. Simple...

there are still users on xp which takes more than 2 minutes to load?OMFG...do something please.

don't load so much startup items. update to the latest sp3.learn to use msconfig.

my p4 2.6 takes under a minute to load to desktop from pressing the button.

Mine not sre... But i think less then 40sec.

how?

Mine takes 3-5 mins and I don't care

Coz while waiting can go do other stuff, like go toilet, play guitar and so on haha

mine only takes 2min only..but i'm not sure..

Care to rephrase that as it doesn't make sense? It takes me 1 minute from cold boot for XP. Cold boot:
Power off -> Power on -> Login (Automatic login).

my 4yo solo core laptop on xp pro, off in 25s, desktop appeared in 38s and totally ready in 1min. hibernate in 8s. timed by Seiko

This post has been edited by wayfeel: Oct 12 2008, 06:19 PM

timed my lappy jus now.

shut off = 20 seconds
boot up = 50 seconds

Asus F3SC with C2D T7300@2.0GHz, 2GB ram, GeForce 8400M G, Vista Biz SP1



This post has been edited by _707027_: Oct 12 2008, 11:26 PM

60 seconds +-

Vista 60+

my recommendations...
just let a daily program use to be load at startup,
if u hav a prog that u didnt use much, just disable it from startup...

u know ur comp better than others...
just do what u think is right...

do u guys always get the same boot speed?
my pc can boot up in 30 sec and sumtimes up to 65sec?
any explanation to that>?

This post has been edited by homie: Nov 10 2008, 10:05 PM

last time , i using xp where using 1.5 gb ram where take 1minute and 30 seconds to upload xp.
after i upgrade my pc where change motherboard and change to motherboard change new ram to 3 gb ram then install vista and upload only take 50 second while using same processor
i using msconfig to close some program i not need use

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Added on November 10, 2008, 10:14 pmhmm, i heard before but using intel quad core when run the system more faster even using vista. haha

This post has been edited by kelvin4578: Nov 10 2008, 10:14 PM

1-2minutes i guess...need to detect 1 ide hdd, 1 sata hdd, memory card reader and webcam. the ide makes it boot really slow, previously less than 1minutes.




This post has been edited by amerz: Nov 11 2008, 06:47 AM

it seems dat if i'm using vista inspirat 2, the boot time will be much faster.
and if i'm going to shutdown, it's also faster than using normal xp.
i'm not doing any timing but i have the feeling it's way faster than xp.

hmm...
i guess using the right operating system affects ur pc's boot speed..

vista take longer time to reboot.
even use 3gb ram

compared to xp?

yup, compare to xp.
i use xp, never clock my reboot time but i think around 30-40 sec.

mine around 1min

60-70 secs on Vista64

Mine takes hefty 3min++ to loads......
For the BIOS only to load takes about 1min++
The startup program in my comp only AVG, LAN and ATI Catalyst Control Centre
*I already clean the registry and defrag the pc but only got small different......

Specs
P4 1.6Ghz 400Mhz FSB
2x256MB ddr1 ram
Windows XP

woa..3min?
thats freakin long...
like that no need to load AVG on start up d...
try check see wether application load during start up that u left out..

mine only 15-20 seconds..
for fast boot time need to do some tweak at registry... change the enable prefetcher of boot time to 5 hexadecimel...
also untick useless startup at msconfig and unused services..
also manually assign the ip adress...

if u enable prefetcher on xp/vista,ure boot up times will decrese but when ure running other software does it take a long time to load?

i have tried it on xpsp2 about 2 years ago and i notice it takes 2 as long to open office,winamp,maya...

does it happen to u?for xp or vista?cos i see vista's prefetching is better due to the file seeking..