Troubleshooting slow boot in Windows 7

Hotfix for System Restore Points causing slow boot (Mandatory)

http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2555428&kbln=en-us

Method 1: Common Troubleshooting

Step 1: Clear Temporary files and Prefetch

Open Run Prompt (Windows Key +R) Type %temp% and press enter

Select all the files and delete it.

Open Run Prompt (Windows Key +R) Type prefetch and press enter

Select all the files and delete it.

Step 2: Increase Virtual Memory

1.   Click on Start and right-click on My Computer.

2.   Choose Properties.

3.   Click on the "Advanced" tab. Under "Performance," click on the "Settings" button.

4.   Select Advanced Tab

5.   Under "Virtual Memory," click on the "Change" button.

6.   Provide the Minimum size in the custom size section to 1.5 times the RAM size and

Maximum size to 3 times of RAM

Step 3: Clean Boot the computer

1.   Open Run command by pressing Windows key + R.

2.   Type msconfig, and then click OK.

3.   Click on Services tab and Check Hide All Microsoft Services

4.   Disable all the Services Other than essential services like Logmein and Wireless Services.

5.   Click the Startup tab.

6.   Click on Disable All

7.   Click OK.

8.   Click Restart to restart the computer.

Step 4: Set Services some of the services to start manually

Open Run Prompt (Windows Key +R) Type Services.msc

Set the startup type of below mentioned Services to Manual

·     Application Experience

·     Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (Aero will be disabled)

·     Diagnostic Policy Service

·     Distributed Link Tracking Client

·     IP Helper

·     Offline Files

·     Portable Device Enumerator Service

·     Protected Storage

·     Remote Registry (Always disable it for Security purposes)

·     Secondary Logon

·     Security Center

·     Tablet PC Input Service

·     Themes (Aero will be disabled)

·     Windows Error Reporting Service

·     Windows Media Center Service Launcher

Step 5: Windows Search Service

Click Start, type services.msc and press Enter.

This will open Services dialogue box.

Now locate the Windows Search service in the list of services, right click it and choose Properties.

In the startup type drop down box, choose the Disabled option.

Click the Apply button, reboot your computer

Step 6: Diagnostic Event logs

Review Performance logs to determine the actual cause for the delay

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2.   Type eventvwr and Click OK

3.   Click Applications and Services Logs.

4.   Click Microsoft.

5.   Click Windows.

6.   Click Diagnostics-Performance, and then click Operational.

7.   Right Click on any Column name and select Add/remove Columns

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Look for the process with Boot degradation errors

Use friendly Name or file name to determine the device driver that is causing the issue

You May try upgrading or downgrading the driver

Step 7: Check for Windows updates

Open Control Panel

Locate and Open Windows Updates

Click on Check for updates

Install all the updates including the drivers in optional updates

Perform Below mentioned resolution steps only if previous steps don’t resolve the

issue

Method 2: Check disk for errors

Open Command Prompt with Elevated privileges

Execute Below Command

chkdsk /f /r

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3.   Open the application after installation is complete

4.   In the list of drives right click on primary drive and select Analyze

5.   Click on Defrag drop down and then on Quick Defrag

Method 4: Clear Paging during shutdown

Turn Off Antivirus before executing Ultimate Windows Tweaker Download Ultimate Windows Tweaker from below link http://www.thewindowsclub.com/downloads/UWT.zip?b592f7

Click Additional Tweaks

Check Delete Pagefile at shutdown

Click Apply

Method 5: Boot Files defragmentation

Launch Defraggler

Click Settings

Select Boot time defrag

Select Run once

Reboot the computer

Method 6: Uninstall AntiVirus

·    Before Uninstalling the Antivirus from the computer Ensure that Customer has Product Key

or access to Antivirus’ Online Account.

·    For Antivirus provided by Service provider customer should have access to Service

provider’s download page.

·    Some Applications save the Product Key in the Computer (eg. Norton). Backup the keys.

·    Antivirus with expired Subscription can be removed without product key but only after customer confirmation.

Uninstall antivirus installed on the customer computer by using the below mentioned KB

article.