How fast is your bootup?

[phalkon30]

I spent another half hour tweaking regitry and bios settings to make my system boot up faster and run faster in general

this is a two part thread, one, I'm curious how fast your boot up time is, mine from a cold start is exactly 31 seconds till its fully loaded, about (28sec when i see windows), I think this time is damn good, but i want to see what your times are (my shut down is also about 5sec)

I'm using XP Pro on a AMD Athalon 1800+, 512meg DDR 2100, 7200 RPM HD, and a TNT2 Pro graphics card

I would like to hear what your times are for ANY OS, I want to see how much of a hog xp is, also if you could include your system info, i would really appreciate it

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*note: only intended for xp/2k*
Now the second part, a small list of web sites that had great guides on them, they helped me to tweak my startup greatly, maybe they can help you beat my time
- http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/winstartupnew/ (startup tweak guide)
- http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm (yes i know i post this link a lot, but i figure i saved at least 20meg of ram and a ton of processor usage using this site, it is a guide to help you remove un needed system apps)

I also use some programs to tweak further...
- http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml (this is a very advanced program if you know how to use it, but it can harm your system if you dont know what you're clicking, be smart, the main feature i use is the startup area, you can select which programs you want to run on startup)
- http://www.mrtech.com/mrsystray/ (still in beta stage, but a very helpful all in one system tool, it has too many features to list, all are listed on the web site)
- http://security.kolla.de/ (removes adware/spyware faster and more completely than ad-aware, it also fixes some security threats for IE, fixes some minor registry problems, clears usage tracks for many major programs, and has a great backup feature so you can undo changes)

I know i have done other tweaks and stuff, but the only other thing i can offer, is to do a windows update, get the latest drivers for your computer, and defrag the hard drive

happy tweaking!

*WARNING!!!!*

*Phalkon30 is not and will never be responsible for you F***ing up your computer, use this guide at your own risk*

(Krell my new lawyer suggested i post this warning before i got flamed for you doing something stupid, please, READ BEFORE YOU CLICK, the info is there for a reason!)

[collideous]

XP Pro, AMD 1.2 GHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB+120GB HD, NVidia GEForce, 21" screen

Computer turn on procedure:

1) Get out of bed
2) Get naked, shower, get dressed, brush teeth and so on
3) Make fist, swing it through the air targeting your mirror image and say: "I'm da man!"
4) Bum, bang, ding, boing, pang, crash - the usual fall downstairs
5) once conscious, get up, hobble to computer desk
6) turn on volume (farthest control to the left of right speaker)
7) rotate arm to the left, about 6.5 inches
8) aim for round power button on monitor, press firmly
9) take a step to the left
10) careful now, bend down to reach gray power button on PC case
11) computer will now boot
12) walk about 6 feet, unlock door, step outside
13) scan porch for newspaper
14) if no newspaper swear or kick a flower pot
15) otherwise pick up the paper, but make sure no snails are sticking to it
16) step back inside, a prior 180 degree turn will help
17) head over to kitchen, drop paper on counter
18) get a cup, fill with water, microwave for 3 minutes
19) add instant coffee or tea, sugar and creme if coffee
20) search for a spoon
21) walk back to desk (that's a right turn from the kitchen)
22) computer should be fully up and running, and ready to use

Do you in all seriousness want me to do the above with a stop watch?

[Mr. Mainstream]

Originally posted by collideous
XP Pro, AMD 1.2 GHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB+120GB HD, NVidia GEForce, 21" screen

Computer turn on procedure:

1) Get out of bed
2) Get naked, shower, get dressed, brush teeth and so on
3) Make fist, swing it through the air targeting your mirror image and say: "I'm da man!"
4) Bum, bang, ding, boing, pang, crash - the usual fall downstairs
5) once conscious, get up, hobble to computer desk
6) turn on volume (farthest control to the left of right speaker)
7) rotate arm to the left, about 6.5 inches
8) aim for round power button on monitor, press firmly
9) take a step to the left
10) careful now, bend down to reach gray power button on PC case
11) computer will now boot
12) walk about 6 feet, unlock door, step outside
13) scan porch for newspaper
14) if no newspaper swear or kick a flower pot
15) otherwise pick up the paper, but make sure no snails are sticking to it
16) step back inside, a prior 180 degree turn will help
17) head over to kitchen, drop paper on counter
18) get a cup, fill with water, microwave for 3 minutes
19) add instant coffee or tea, sugar and creme if coffee
20) search for a spoon
21) walk back to desk (that's a right turn from the kitchen)
22) computer should be fully up and running, and ready to use

Do you in all seriousness want me to do the above with a stop watch?

Thats pretty scary that pretty much what i do as well afart from the coffee. lol.

[Rickio]

basicly yeah
turn it on as I'm passing by and come back after whatever I'm doing and away we go!


peace

[phalkon30]

to me the boot up time tells you how the rest of the system will perform, to me its a big deal, if it isnt to you, oh well

maybe i should just remove the poll and stuff and just leave the guide

[MoonMan]

I haven't rebooted in almost 2 weeks and my system is still stable. I will tell ya the time the next time I reboot.

By the way, I have a AMD Athlon 1.3GHz, 384MB SD ram, 32MB DDR ram Radeon video card, 60Gig HD, Win2k pro.

[collideous]

Originally posted by phalkon30
to me the boot up time tells you how the rest of the system will perform, to me its a big deal, if it isnt to you, oh well

maybe i should just remove the poll and stuff and just leave the guide

Nah, good post, especially the guide with the links. I always wonder which services and startup programs (the ones you find in the registry) my system really needs. Gotta check those links you supplied.

Since I'm at this, I see the day coming where good old RealPlayer 8 will have to be upgraded to Real One (cough!). Anyone know a guide to remove all the crap in it?

[MoonMan]

Originally posted by collideous
Since I'm at this, I see the day coming where good old RealPlayer 8 will have to be upgraded to Real One (cough!). Anyone know a guide to remove all the crap in it?

I try to stay away from Real ANYTHING. Not many files are encoded to Real format and any other player can do what it does and more... not really a point to getting Real Player after that.

EDIT: Plus Real One (the latest in Real players) sucks ass.

[CCSDUDE]

Around 10 seconds from bios check to windows and another 3 or 4 till the HD stops going and the system is waiting for me.

Win ME....1gb ram.....20gb boot - 60 gb second - 80 gb 3rd drive. And a crappy over heating POS! Maxtor Diamond max that's half the normal thickness...have it in a firewire case with a fan blowing on it every second that its on....stupid non form factor crap. P3...

Gotta jet lmfao...start my crappy day.

Reaone? Bah I'll never install any real crap....I use stolen drivers off an old system real came on and use a winamp plugin if I must play it in real format. (Just use streambox to 'steal' the file and play it local in winamp)

Later all.

[housecrowd]

Boot up !!!??? What's that ??? :upside

Surely no serious sharemeister ever reboots!!

[Pismoi]

Couldn't tell you, havn't seen one in 57 days :)

[Rickio]

Originally posted by phalkon30
to me the boot up time tells you how the rest of the system will perform, to me its a big deal, if it isnt to you, oh well

maybe i should just remove the poll and stuff and just leave the guide

yeah your right.
was just messin with ya. I keep my system lean and don't let anything load up except firewall and dsl monitor. I also clean my registry and try and use efficient applications. I hate bloated hogware which seems to be very popular now that systems boast 500mb ram and more. still they are a waste especially if you multi-task like mad like i do. :-)

you only mentioned one thing I had not looked at before or use and I will check it out. mrsystray i think it was called?



right on , very good post actually!

peace

[maartendc]

My new p4 2.26ghz with 512mb ram en winxp pro boots up about as fast as my old p1 100mhz with 16mb ram and win 98
. Should I conclude that winxp boots up slowly? LOOOL

[CrAzYMaNiAk54]

I have 1.8ghz and my boot up takes 10-30 seconds at the most... =D AND IM HAPPY!!! LOL

[phalkon30]

well, i would leave mine on for months at a time, but i have to reinstall windows every couple of months because of all the crap i do to it, i tend to tweak things just a little too edgy, so i end up restarting 5times in a day, leave it on for a week.........and so on

CCS, i was hoping you would post to this because you have ME......but i was including bios load time, i have that tweaked and got rid of about 4sec from factory specs, my longest boot sequence is my vid card, wich has to display its own logo window that i cant turn off, but i think mine is about the same as yours after the bios timewise

mrsystray, i love that program, its one of 3 that i let load windows, one feature i forgot to mention, it can stop un needed services for the "average home user", so if you dont have the time to visit blk vipers site, you can use the built in tweak to stop these services, and its a ton safer to do, other than that, it gives system info (comp specs, sofware versions, how long windows has been running, current IP, yadda yadda), it shows free ram, has quick links to messenger/browsers installed, mp3 renaming tools, one click or hot key shutdown........and more in a very compact and nice looking beginner friendly GUI, oh and its free!

as for RealOne, i think its the only player that allows you to play real network files, so Moonman you are somewhat incorrect, but i know what you meant, if you dont use real network files, its useless bloatware that constantly hogs mem even in off mode, its very sneaky

maartendc, yeah, my 66mhz IBM could boot up in about 30-45sec to, but it had a 500meg hard drive.....not much of a chalenge especially after a nice defrag

....and the reason i was thinking about deleting the poll, it seems if i put a poll on a thread, much less people post back, its like they see that and ignore it, no matter what the topic

[CCSDUDE]

I meant 13-14 seconds in total....from pressing the power button to zero HD activity.

Realone sucks.....Real anything sucks...like I said use streambox to grab the file then play it local via a winamp RA/RV plug in.


Later

[AnimeDood]

nice avatar rickio the crow is awesome

[Rickio]

Originally posted by AnimeDood
nice avatar rickio the crow is awesome

thanx, just needed to change up hehe

peace

[«°¤§téålth§t®îk餰»]

it's takes me about 10 seconds to boot.......i got a AMD Athlon 1ghz, 512mb ram. 40gig HD.

I opt out the WinME Start up screen and boot very little, NAV and ZAP, Mouse Prog, sound card and that's it.

[phalkon30]

rickio, i just got used to your other avatar, now i have to learn a new one! lol, it looks nice tho

stealth, bout time you joined my thread, although you are making me depressed

i thought my comp was the best thing since sliced bread, it beats everybody i talk to except for you guys, maybe i shouldnt have talked to a bunch of computer nuts to inflate my computer ego.....or maybe i'm just compensating for something....wait! NO!

oh well, 30sec is good enough for me *pats comp on the back*

[«°¤§téålth§t®îk餰»]

Originally posted by phalkon30
rickio, i just got used to your other avatar, now i have to learn a new one! lol, it looks nice tho

stealth, bout time you joined my thread, although you are making me depressed

i thought my comp was the best thing since sliced bread, it beats everybody i talk to except for you guys, maybe i shouldnt have talked to a bunch of computer nuts to inflate my computer ego.....or maybe i'm just compensating for something....wait! NO!

oh well, 30sec is good enough for me *pats comp on the back*

sry, been inactive now for a bit, kinda busy with other things.....30 secs?!?! what do u load?!?!

I hate waiting so i make things fast fast fast fast fast and faster!

[Rickio]

Originally posted by phalkon30
rickio, i just got used to your other avatar, now i have to learn a new one! lol, it looks nice tho

stealth, bout time you joined my thread, although you are making me depressed

i thought my comp was the best thing since sliced bread, it beats everybody i talk to except for you guys, maybe i shouldnt have talked to a bunch of computer nuts to inflate my computer ego.....or maybe i'm just compensating for something....wait! NO!

oh well, 30sec is good enough for me *pats comp on the back*

I needed a change as I am actively trying to mellow out. I was gettin pissy and losing patience with the lame threads and the way that ZP has almost lost touch with being about p2p and computer stuff. So in reality I should have been more supporting of your very good thread. I need a few more posts to be back to my old self completely.
I'm going to ignore shit posts and try and be helpful like you just were.. (or try! hehe)

peace!

[phalkon30]

lmao, im loading windows, a cancer research thing, NAV, MrSystray.................and thats it

trust me, for an xp machine, thats damn fast, my dads p4 with the 533fsb and 512megddr cant do it in less than 45sec, and ive tweaked his slightly

talking to my friends, they're all over a min, other than you guys, i havent heard of a faster boot (from ppl that i know anyway)

edit: sry, didnt see your post rickio, i know what you mean about mellowing out, ive tried my best to do it to, what gave me the "strength" to start ignoring ppl was skorch, he made me realize some people are just not worth fighting, honestly, i think we could all learn a lesson from that prick

it doesnt matter how much you know if you cant get the info to people in a helpful and kind way

(gahh, im starting to get phylisofical....maybe i should lay off the Mt Dew)

[twuckDrifer]

30 seconds,thats including the boot magic asking which os i want to run.

[DiddlySquat]

you boot at 31 seconds phalkon30? My comp will boot up in 25 seconds from cold....thats not the weird part...I'm using an AMD Duron 800Mhz 512MB SDRAM 120GB HD Radeon 8500LE 128MB DDR AGP...your CPU and ram is better than mine but i still boot really fast.....Do you have a lot of programs when you startup runnng?

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by DiddlySquat
you boot at 31 seconds phalkon30? My comp will boot up in 25 seconds from cold....thats not the weird part...I'm using an AMD Duron 800Mhz 512MB SDRAM 120GB HD Radeon 8500LE 128MB DDR AGP...your CPU and ram is better than mine but i still boot really fast.....Do you have a lot of programs when you startup runnng?

trust me, i have very little booting up, a clean install took over 45 secs to boot, so i know my startup is optimized

heres the thing, i use XP Pro, i know if i used 98 i could whip your ass

the other thing is, my vid card sorta sux, it has its own bootup screen that locks it from starting for almost 5secs

try loading xp, then we'll talk

[DiddlySquat]

I'm using XP. i wasnt trying to compete with you or make fun of you in any way (although it did sound a little that way, sorry) I was mostly wondering why my boot was faster, to see if your software or other hardware slowed it down....anyways thats cool. What vid card do you use?

[phalkon30]

very odd, heres a question, did you build your comp, or is it a dell (or similar)

some of the manufacturer built comps have a bios that is lightning fast and are completely optimized for fast restarts, i did mine from the ground up, oh, and i also have Pro with SP1, that could have slowed it down

i have a 32meg AGP 4X Riva TnT2 Pro

and in some ways, i was opening myself up to competition by even creating this thread...lol

[DiddlySquat]

I built it myself. I tweaked my bios and registry a lot. I use Xp Home with SP1.

[phalkon30]

hmmmmm, i am at a complete loss, maybe i just have too much crap on my pc, its been a month or two since i reloaded windows, maybe i should do it every two weeks....lol

[Wings_of_Azrael]

1.0 gighertz Pentium 3, 384 MB RAM, 40 gig HD, over 1 year old HP (defragged today). Kerio Firewall, AVG, NetPerSec, Proxomitron, TrayManager, and RamBooster for my extra start-ups. 40 seconds is my total start-up time. It was well over a minute when I had Mozilla booting at start-up. Damn near two minutes when I had NAV 2003 Pro.

Oh yeah, running Windoze ME.

[nasrules]

i have a p3 1ghz, 384 ram, win xp pro. im 68% fragmented on a fat32 20gb 5400rpm hd.

boots to the welcome screen in about 30 secs then its about 5 seconds of 'loading ur personal settings' then everythings loaded. i have zapro, avg6, cconect and msn messenger 5 loading at startup. and that 'safely remove hardware' thing. nebody know how to get rid of that?

to everyone out there with norton antivirus. get avg or i have heard of nod32. it used to take me about 3mins bootup on winme with nav 2003.

[phalkon30]

safely remove hardware? never heard of that, would you care to explain a little more?

btw, I have NAV 2002, I dont think it slows my comp down much, and I'm very happy to have a trusted name

[jlee48]

Originally posted by phalkon30
safely remove hardware? never heard of that, would you care to explain a little more?

btw, I have NAV 2002, I dont think it slows my comp down much, and I'm very happy to have a trusted name

I have a little icon of "Safely Remove Hardware" in the systray only when I have my digital camera's memory stick reader hooked up, otherwise it's never there...

[phalkon30]

I just noticed that today on my dads computer, its for his HP card reader, I really have no clue what to do with it, and I couldnt figure out how to delete it

[iq214]

Originally posted by housecrowd
Boot up !!!??? What's that ??? :upside

Surely no serious sharemeister ever reboots!!

Damn right man, 24/7 is the only way, with the casual once-in-2-weeks reboot.

[maartendc]

Originally posted by nasrules

to everyone out there with norton antivirus. get avg or i have heard of nod32. it used to take me about 3mins bootup on winme with nav 2003.

Wtf? avg? whats that? nod 32? Whats that?

I like to use a good brand name virusscanner that updates weekly.. Gives me a safe feeling...

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by maartendc
Wtf? avg? whats that? nod 32? Whats that?

I like to use a good brand name virusscanner that updates weekly.. Gives me a safe feeling...

AVG is a good free one, never used it, but I know a lot of people think it takes less resources than NAV, and its updated very frequently

Never heard of nod32 tho

[MoonMan]

http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm

I don't use it though, I prefer McAfee.

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by jlee48
I have a little icon of "Safely Remove Hardware" in the systray only when I have my digital camera's memory stick reader hooked up, otherwise it's never there...

It's just a USB disconnect program.

All it does is allow you to "safely" disconnect any USB "hot swappable" device you have hooked up. IE A digital camera/a smart media card reader/digital video camera/ect.

Right click on it and click disconnect or something along those lines....

Then unplug or remove the media card from the reader. If you don't you may crash; although I've never had it happen....it's possible. LOL


Tata.....

[crazytrain]

hmmmm 31 secs to boot up with all that tweaking mine boots about that fast and the only thing i tweaked is msconfig.

[toddot4u]

Nething below 10 seconds is too |)4/\/\ |\/ fast!!!!!!!!!!!!
im happy if my p4 1.7ghz 256 ddr ram 32 meg tnt2 vid card 48 x burner loads into windows in 30 seconds

[chipperrox]

733mhz p3- 512mb ram- 64mb video card 20gb 3 year old hard drive--boot up time: buck 50 (1min50sec)

[PornMaster]

Holy shit, some of you have fast boot-ups. not me though. my computer usally takes 7 mins to boot-up fully!

I have an 1.3GHz AMD Duron XP, 128 Of ram, SiS videocard( don't know which one exactly), Win XP Pro, 40 gig harddrive, loads at boot-up: Norton Anti-Virus 2003, Norton Internet Security 2003, MSN messenger and 3D Audio Configuration

[phalkon30]

Shit dude....

Did you follow my advice? the blk viper site took over 15 sec off my bootup on xp pro

BTW, when I did this test the first time, it was with 2002 retail, now I have 2003 pro, and its about a second faster

Something is seriously wrong with your computer, have you run spybot? Sounds like you're running more than you think you are, or you just need more ram (although my 233mhz with 128 ram loaded in about 2min with xp....)

[PornMaster]

Originally posted by phalkon30
Shit dude....

Did you follow my advice? the blk viper site took over 15 sec off my bootup on xp pro

BTW, when I did this test the first time, it was with 2002 retail, now I have 2003 pro, and its about a second faster

Something is seriously wrong with your computer, have you run spybot? Sounds like you're running more than you think you are, or you just need more ram (although my 233mhz with 128 ram loaded in about 2min with xp....)

No no, my computer is virus/spyware/adware free! i don't really know why it takes that long. Nothing in the Startup folder and the only thing in the registy that startsup at boot-up is norton and msn messnger and some audio thing. i do keep my computer on 24/7 but i don't think that'll decrease the boot-up time everymuch. but yeah, i probably need more RAM

(i hope this post was directed towards me)

[phalkon30]

porn master, that was at you

Maybe try defraggin your hard drive? (works best in safe mode)

Or, yeah ram, for 256 DDR, its only $40 after rebates at best buy

STOP THE FUCKING SPAM!!!!!!!! (not at you dude, at the post after you)

[overdo]

on my new computer it boots up in about 35 seconds. thats with NAV2003 and NPF2003 loading up.

@pornmaster - that long a boot up doesn't sound very healthy. suggest u defragment like phalkon said and check out blackvipers site if u haven't already. took about 5 or so seconds off my boot-up time but that's cause the manufacturer had already disabled most uneeded services:wings