Computer Boot-times

KillerWatt

11 seconds from power on to fully loaded desktop on my machine (Intel E8400 CPU, 3GB RAM, ASUS P5Q3 Mobo), and 17 seconds from power on to fully loaded desktop on the old ladys archaic 4 year old laptop (Tosh Satellite A210, AMD Turion 64 X2 (TL-56) CPU, 2GB RAM) - both running Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

debitcardmayhem

KillerWatt wrote: »

11 seconds from power on to fully loaded desktop on my machine (Intel E8400 CPU, 3GB RAM, ASUS P5Q3 Mobo), and 17 seconds from power on to fully loaded desktop on the old ladys archaic 4 year old laptop (Tosh Satellite A210, AMD Turion 64 X2 (TL-56) CPU, 2GB RAM) - both running Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Are you using SSD disks? , if not I would ask
1) What A/V do you have
2) How long does it take to type your password
3) If you have Firefox have you stopped it checking on updates
4) Have you got 1 ZillionBytes of broadband per sec

If not i must be mistaken :cool::D:p:eek: How long do they take to shutdown :mad:
lol

KillerWatt

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Are you using SSD disks?

Yep

Corsair C300 256GB in my machine (fastest consumer level SSD out there), while the missus has the old Intel X25M that was originally in my machine.

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

1) What A/V do you have

ESET NOD32

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

2) How long does it take to type your password

About a second at a guess.

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

3) If you have Firefox have you stopped it checking on updates

Don't use it.

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

4) Have you got 1 ZillionBytes of broadband per sec

Only 100Mbit, it will probably take us another 10 years to catch up with the likes of South Korea.

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

How long do they take to shutdown

Haven't timed it, but certainly less than 10 seconds for both.

spike7451

I found that just by turning off all the un-needed pro-grammes that start up,like Dell Dock,ect & my pc starts up faster & battery life is extended,

GunJack

dogmaryxx wrote: »

As long as result is not this, your OK

From another forum

How to Test Your Computer's Reboot Time

This works for XP, Vista and Windows 7

1. Open Notepad and copy everything in red below and paste it in Notepad.

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim Wsh, Time1, Time2, Result, PathFile, MsgResult, MsgA, AppName, KeyA, KeyB, TimeDiff
MsgA = "Please close all running applications and click on OK."
KeyA = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RestartTime\"
KeyB = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RestartTime"
AppName = "[GeekPolice] Reboot Time"
Set Wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
PathFile = """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """"
Result = wsh.RegRead(KeyA & "Times")
if Result = "" then
MsgResult = Msgbox (MsgA, vbOKCancel, AppName)
If MsgResult = vbcancel then WScript.Quit
Wsh.RegWrite KeyA & "Times", left(Time,8), "REG_SZ"
Wsh.RegWrite KeyB, PathFile, "REG_SZ"
Wsh.Run "cmd /c Shutdown -r -t 00", false, 0
else
Wsh.RegDelete KeyA & "Times"
Wsh.RegDelete KeyA
Wsh.RegDelete KeyB
TimeDiff = DateDiff("s",Result,left(Time,8))
MsgBox "Your computer reboots in " & TimeDiff & " seconds", VbInformation, AppName
end if
wscript.Quit


2. Save the file as Reboot Time.vbs on anywhere, your desktop for example. You can choose to save the file as any name you want, just make sure the file ends with a .vbs extension.

How to use:

Double click on the script file you saved.
Close all the running applications and click the OK button in the dialog box.
The computer will reboot and then Windows and a dialog box will open displaying the time your computer took to reboot.

How it works:

In order to calculate the time of rebooting Windows, we will use a VB Script (Visual BASIC Scripting Edition). Let us learn first how it works. The script writes a value in the registry (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Current Version\run) so that it can be started again when booting. Later, another value containing the time is written in the registry when the reboot starts. While rebooting, the script records the hour in a variable then checks if the first value containing the time exists. If so, it is then enough to compare two times in order to obtain the time of rebooting. Then, the two keys added to the registry are removed (the run key and the key where the time is stored).


Works fine

tried this, shut down okay but no box with time after the reboot

KillerWatt

spike7451 wrote: »

I found that just by turning off all the un-needed pro-grammes that start up,like Dell Dock,ect & my pc starts up faster & battery life is extended,

Swapping the standard 5400rpm drive in the old ladys lappy for the Intel X25-M has given it an extra 25 mins on battery power.

I wasn't surprised to see the battery last longer (no motor to spin up for starters), but I was surprised to see it gave such a large increase in usage time.

debitcardmayhem

KillerWatt wrote: »

Yep
....snipped.....
.

I hate you and tell your wife to stop calling me too:T

KillerWatt

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

I hate you and tell your wife to stop calling me too:T

I'm not married, and I think you'll find my missus will call you anything she likes :rotfl:

GunJack

got it now, had to double-click again on the script file to get the result box....

reboot in 89 secs, 5-y-o Semperon 3000+, XP home, 2GB RAM

dogmaryxx

GunJack wrote: »

tried this, shut down okay but no box with time after the reboot

Nor for me, Appeared as another shortcut on desktop.