Vista x64 1.5 min pause during boot

[JMikeF]

I'm wondering why Vista x64 takes sooooo loooong to boot, compare to my older 32bit system. My system is new and clean, and when I check all the logs, there are no error messages. But what I do find is this - a minute and a half gap where nothing seems to be happening (the below is from my system log):

• Information 7/5/2008 8:06:38 AM SRTSP Symantec Antivirus minfilter successfully loaded
• Information 7/5/2008 8:07:52 AM DistributedCOM DCOM started the service fdPHost with arguments "" in order to run the server

So, does anyone have any idea why Windows is twiddling its thumbs for almost a minute and a half? Is there so other report or log I should be looking at?

 

[johngalt]

I bet your NAV is set to perform a boot scan....

 

[JMikeF]

John,
Thanks for suggesting I check NAV settings. Actually, the config was set incorrectly. Now the time between the two above statement is acceptable. But the boot still hangs: now the gap is between "Resouce Publication" and "The Plug and Play service entered the running state" - about a minute between these two events. This is soooo freaking wierd.

 

[thezepol]

I use to have that same problem using 64bit vista, turned out one of my drivers was holding it up. It stopped doing it once I got all the correct drivers.

 

[JMikeF]

thezepol: yeah I hear ya Thing is, Windows isn't giving me a clue as to which driver(s) that may be. Another wierd thing: a warm reboot is alsways faster than a cold one.

 

[JMikeF]

Well, I've got it figured out.

When I purchased my new HP box (Amazon.com: HP Pavilion Elite M9150F Desktop PC (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 720 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium): Computers & PC Hardware) an All-in-one printer/scanner was included in the deal. I wasn't gonna use it, since I have HP's top Photosmart printer, but I could use the scanner. So, I hooked it up, and boy is it CRAP. Worst software ever - invasive and broken! HP support for this item was bottom feeder horrible. Don't "Bob" and "Judy" from India have any shame regarding their unmitigated incompetence? Anyway once I deleted all this crap from my box, boot times are now smooth and quick.

HP makes decent laptops, PCs and laser printers. The All-In-One concept is poorly implemented - you have been warned.