Vista Slow Startup

SteveS · External Since: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 10

I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get to
the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the startup
programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed the
system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the screen,
Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities, all of
which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen the
Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon (showing
disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to appear at
which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
applications load.
Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded Internet
Protect.

Uponthis · External Since: Feb 22, 2007 Posts: 16

How much ram is installed? If possible, add more ram for your pc, you might
get better results.

"SteveS" wrote:

> I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get to
> the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the startup
> programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed the
> system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the screen,
> Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities, all of
> which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen the
> Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon (showing
> disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to appear at
> which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
> applications load.
> Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded Internet
> Protect.

user · External Since: Feb 12, 2007 Posts: 630

Many startup processes are delay load. This is so you can start work without
waiting for everything to load. You can change Automatic (Delay Load) to
Automatic in the services application. Automatic means at startup, manual
means on demand (except for stupid programs like defender).
"Uponthis" <uponthis DeleteThis @goowy.com> wrote in message
news:8417394D-ACCE-418C-BAF4-346065C5DAB7@microsoft.com...
> How much ram is installed? If possible, add more ram for your pc, you
> might
> get better results.
>
> "SteveS" wrote:
>
>> I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get
>> to
>> the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the startup
>> programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed
>> the
>> system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the
>> screen,
>> Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities,
>> all of
>> which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen
>> the
>> Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon
>> (showing
>> disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to appear
>> at
>> which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
>> applications load.
>> Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded Internet
>> Protect.

SteveS · External Since: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 10

System currently has 2 gb of ram.

"Uponthis" wrote:

> How much ram is installed? If possible, add more ram for your pc, you might
> get better results.
>
> "SteveS" wrote:
>
> > I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get to
> > the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the startup
> > programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed the
> > system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the screen,
> > Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities, all of
> > which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen the
> > Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon (showing
> > disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to appear at
> > which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
> > applications load.
> > Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded Internet
> > Protect.

Bob · External Since: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 159

"SteveS" <SteveS.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4D59BA9-6F0A-44C8-A1AB-7E0D34346B63@microsoft.com...
> System currently has 2 gb of ram.
>
> "Uponthis" wrote:
>
>> How much ram is installed? If possible, add more ram for your pc, you
>> might
>> get better results.
>>
>> "SteveS" wrote:
>>
>> > I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I
>> > get to
>> > the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the
>> > startup
>> > programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed
>> > the
>> > system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the
>> > screen,
>> > Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities,
>> > all of
>> > which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen
>> > the
>> > Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon
>> > (showing
>> > disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to
>> > appear at
>> > which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
>> > applications load.
>> > Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded
>> > Internet
>> > Protect.

You can check to see what Vista reports as far as performance,
startup/shutdown issues:

Control Panel
System Maintenance
Performance Information and Tools
in the left pane, Advanced tools
cause of long startup/shutdown should be near the top under performance
issues.
Bob

SteveS · External Since: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 10

Checked where you suggested and found nothing that indicated an issue.
However under Problem Reporting it did show 4 issues for the time right as I
started. 1- "SYS Admin Works Agent X8 Hung on Start" and 3 - "Windows WCP
other Failure" problems. All of these indicated no solutions.

Does any of this give you and indication where to look?

"Bob" wrote:

> "SteveS" <SteveS RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4D59BA9-6F0A-44C8-A1AB-7E0D34346B63@microsoft.com...
> > System currently has 2 gb of ram.
> >
> > "Uponthis" wrote:
> >
> >> How much ram is installed? If possible, add more ram for your pc, you
> >> might
> >> get better results.
> >>
> >> "SteveS" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I
> >> > get to
> >> > the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the
> >> > startup
> >> > programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed
> >> > the
> >> > system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the
> >> > screen,
> >> > Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities,
> >> > all of
> >> > which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen
> >> > the
> >> > Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon
> >> > (showing
> >> > disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to
> >> > appear at
> >> > which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
> >> > applications load.
> >> > Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded
> >> > Internet
> >> > Protect.
>
> You can check to see what Vista reports as far as performance,
> startup/shutdown issues:
>
> Control Panel
> System Maintenance
> Performance Information and Tools
> in the left pane, Advanced tools
> cause of long startup/shutdown should be near the top under performance
> issues.
> Bob
>
>
>
>

discreet · External Since: Mar 20, 2007 Posts: 1

SteveS;236455 Wrote:
> I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get
> to
> the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the
> startup
> programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed
> the
> system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the
> screen,
> Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities,
> all of
> which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen
> the
> Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon
> (showing
> disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to
> appear at
> which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
> applications load.
> Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded
> Internet
> Protect.

I've had a similar problem before with slow network startup on almost
all pcs on my home network.
In my case, this was due to Vista attempting to auto determine network
speed and taking a long time doing so.
Going into my network card's advanced options and setting "Speed &
Duplex" from "Auto Negotiation" to "100 Mbit Full Duplex" (this setting
will depend on your network setup) seems to have solved it.

Windows XP did not have this issue, but instead mis detected my 100
Mbit connection with 10 Mbit. So I had to manually configure the
network card on XP also.

All my network hubs and router are gigabit but I haven't upgraded the
wires to support gigabit speed, so this may be what's causing my
problems.

Hope this helps.

--
discreet

SteveS · External Since: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 10

Thanks for the suggestion, but that was not it. (sh...) The timing was almost
the same with Auto or the 100mb.

"discreet" wrote:

>
> SteveS;236455 Wrote:
> > I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get
> > to
> > the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the
> > startup
> > programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean installed
> > the
> > system and the only thing which is loading is a color profile for the
> > screen,
> > Norton Internet Protect, Sigma Tel Audio, and Intel Desktop Utilities,
> > all of
> > which are reported as Vista Compatabile. After I get to the user screen
> > the
> > Intel and Sigma Tel Icons load quickly along with the network Icon
> > (showing
> > disconnected). It then takes about a minute for the Norton Icon to
> > appear at
> > which time the network icon indicates a connection and the side bar
> > applications load.
> > Any suggestions, btw the same symptoms were seen before I loaded
> > Internet
> > Protect.
>
> I've had a similar problem before with slow network startup on almost
> all pcs on my home network.
> In my case, this was due to Vista attempting to auto determine network
> speed and taking a long time doing so.
> Going into my network card's advanced options and setting "Speed &
> Duplex" from "Auto Negotiation" to "100 Mbit Full Duplex" (this setting
> will depend on your network setup) seems to have solved it.
>
> Windows XP did not have this issue, but instead mis detected my 100
> Mbit connection with 10 Mbit. So I had to manually configure the
> network card on XP also.
>
> All my network hubs and router are gigabit but I haven't upgraded the
> wires to support gigabit speed, so this may be what's causing my
> problems.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> --
> discreet
>

vistatip · Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 2

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1094 Location: Central FL, USA

As is true for any computer running any OS.....98, ME, XP or Vista.....

Remove Norton completely and system performance will increase considerably.

WE Computer Tech's have been telling people that all over the internet for years and still some don't get the message.

Norton is a total Resource HOG and an equally Poor AV program.
It can bring an already marginal PC right down to it's knees.

Regardless of how much ram you install in a PC, you still have just one processor to run everything. Norton will suck the life right out of it.

I can make any PC run 100%+ better by just cleaning it up,,, and removing Norton is the very first thing I do.

Cheers Mates!
The Doctor Cool