I just loaded Vista Ultimate x64 on a new system (e7200, 4GB Ram, Gigabyte mobo, etc. - a fast system). It boots fine until after I enter my login password and the word "Welcome" appears. This lasts for exactly 30 seconds until the screen goes briefly black and the desktop (quickly) loads. This seems like a really long delay on the welcome screen. Is this normal Vista behavior?
30-Second Delay on Welcome Screen
- Thread starter mxcrowe
- Start date
Have a look in the events log to check what happens during this time.
(Administrative tools/Events viewer/Windows/System)
(Administrative tools/Events viewer/Windows/System)
My Computer
On a newly built/installed machine things will work slowly at first. This is because of indexing and other things going on in the background.
There are tutorials on this website that may help with the speed of your system;
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/108833-superfetch-change-preload-data.html
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html?ltr=S
I hope this helps.
There are tutorials on this website that may help with the speed of your system;
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/108833-superfetch-change-preload-data.html
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html?ltr=S
I hope this helps.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built
- CPU
- I5 3570K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
- Memory
- 4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
- Sound Card
- creative x-fi
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- Both 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
- PSU
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
- Case
- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
- Cooling
- 3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
- Mouse
- Technika TKOPTM2
- Keyboard
- Logik
- Internet Speed
- 288 / 4000
- Other Info
- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
Yes Roy, you're right, but indexing, prefetching, etc.... run really once the desktop is on
My Computer
Yes Roy, you're right, but indexing, prefetching, etc.... run really once the desktop is on
Are you sure. Prefetching starts when vista starts to load. (boot files). Indexing not sure about.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built
- CPU
- I5 3570K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
- Memory
- 4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
- Sound Card
- creative x-fi
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- Both 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
- PSU
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
- Case
- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
- Cooling
- 3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
- Mouse
- Technika TKOPTM2
- Keyboard
- Logik
- Internet Speed
- 288 / 4000
- Other Info
- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
Well, this morning it now takes 3 seconds...more like what I expected. Yesterday it was consistently 30 seconds on the Welcome Screen. The only thing I changed was to set the resolution back to 1024x768 and DPI back to 96. I can't see how that would be the issue, but who knows?
My Computer
As far as I can tell, looking back to yesterdays events, it appears the delay was coming from a wait for the DHCP client. Sometime yesterday, I was suspicious that it could be an IP connection issue, so I created a fixed IP address for this machine to connect to the router. I still saw the delay after a few boots though. The DHCP delay warning is not showing up in today's event, however...
Thanks Sid.
Thanks Sid.