Boot Log-How to disable?

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

Hi some time ago I needed to enable the boot log. But how can I disable it. It always writes a log when I boot the system and it slows down the boot process. Please help it is really frustrating I can not find anything on google even here on jow to disable the boot log. During the startup process I hit the F8 key and there is only feature to enable the boot log but not to turn it off or disable it. Also I looked through out the control panel and windows folder and can not find anything. Please help.
Artur

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

Welcome
Msconfig>boot>untick boot log
You can get to msconfig by typing word in search by start button.

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

Thanks, but the button is unchecked and the boot log is still enabled.
Artur

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

Did you boot the computer?

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

Yes I reboted and boot log is still running.

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

I dont think the log is still running, I think that it is the old log that keeps loading.Try with ccleaner. Download the free ccleaner. See it that clears the log
Be sure to check all error reporting, temporary files, log files.
You will lose your cookies and may have to sign in once more to special websites and renter passwords one more time if they are saved. Good luck

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

Thanks I will do that. But also several times I removed the ntbtlog.txt document from the windows folder and the next time I reboted the boot log run in the startup and the text ntbtlog document was recreated. But I will try the ccleaner and see if that will help.
Artur

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

OK, i run the ccleaner and it looks like it fixed the problem the ntbtlog.txt is not being created which means the bootlog should not work. but whe the pc is being reboted it looks that the boot log is enabled. When the pc restarts it goes through windows is loading files then loads all the drivers and displays drives info then it boots to windows. This is a boot logging right?
Artur

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

To be honest, until your question, I thought that bootlogging worked for only that one boot. Now, I will return to that position. I must believe that there is a malfunction with your OS, Vista.
Lets see what we can do to correct that
Lets start with and SFC command. Run several times if errors are found but not fixed.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

OK I opened command prompt as admin, then I run sfc /scannow it wen through the scan and found 1 file corrupted and fixed it. Then I went to check the cbs log file in the windows/logs directory. Every time i tried to open the log file which is a text document i got access is denied.
Then I tought Vista permissions might be wrong so I run the "secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose" command to reset the vista permissions, after the scan I got the message "
The task has completed. Warnings occurred for some attributes during this operat
ion. It's okay to ignore the warning" Then I closed all opened windows and reboted again. Botlog was running again. When vista loaded I try again to open cbs log file and got access is denied message. The ntbtlog.txt was not created.
All this was done from administrator account
thanks.

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista
Do it from an adminstrative account.

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

OK I opened command prompt as admin, then I run sfc /scannow it wen through the scan and found 1 file corrupted and fixed it. Then I went to check the cbs log file in the windows/logs directory. Every time i tried to open the log file which is a text document i got access is denied.
Then I tought Vista permissions might be wrong so I run the "secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose" command to reset the vista permissions, after the scan I got the message "
The task has completed. Warnings occurred for some attributes during this operat
ion. It's okay to ignore the warning" Then I closed all opened windows and reboted again. Botlog was running again. When vista loaded I try again to open cbs log file and got access is denied message. The ntbtlog.txt was not created.
All this was done from administrator account
thanks.

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

Try to open with this special adminstrator, he does not need permissions
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html
Im beginning to run out of ideas.

arturfpw · Sep 12, 2011

thanks for your help Richard I have this system installed for over two years and I think it could be corrupted some way. I will probably do clean installation from a restore cd. Thanks for your help.
Artur

richc46 · Sep 12, 2011

I agree, SFC was suppose to fix corruption, but may be too far gone.
Try a repair install rather than a new install.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html?filter[11]=Performance Maintenance
If you can borrow a regular install DVD

watsopdoc7 · Oct 22, 2013

richc46 said:
Welcome
Msconfig>boot>untick boot log
You can get to msconfig by typing word in search by start button.

This is assuming you can reach the start menu. I can't and no matter which option I choose, none ever reach beyond the boot log. It simply keeps on rebooting, runs the list of drivers etc and then reboots time and time again! I've even tried the recovery command prompt X:\sources\recovery\tools\recoverypackage\bin> to no avail. Any ideas?

richc46 · Oct 22, 2013

Try in safe mode
If that works, go back to the good times with system restore.

watsopdoc7 · Oct 23, 2013

richc46 said:
Try in safe mode
If that works, go back to the good times with system restore.

Rich I've tried them all, but as I said before, no matter which option I select: Safe Mode, Safe with Networking or whatever, my pc persistently bootlogs and consequently fails to load up windows.

richc46 · Oct 23, 2013

Do you have stuff that you do not want to lose?

watsopdoc7 · Oct 23, 2013

richc46 said:
Do you have stuff that you do not want to lose?

Yes I do, which is why I haven't reinstalled Windows. Is there no way to disable the boot logging?

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