Shared Video memory reduction

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They all take a while to boot up, but 30-35 seconds should be possible on an I7 without bloat

spannerzone

I'd agree, bloated crappy software might well be the root of the problem... McAcfee (or similar) total security packages, toolbars, "useful" widgets, alerts, auto tuneup software, update alerts, etc etc

You might want to use something like CCleaner to have a good clearout and uninstall any crap you don't need.... I often find those preloaded programs (that are usually pretty useless) just hog resources regardless of whether you use them or not.

almillar

OK I was barking up the wrong tree, which is why I asked you to be more specific about what exactly it was that you find slow. If it's just how long it takes to start up, reinstall Windows, as lots of people do when they get a new computer. Nice fresh installation of Windows for you to install the software YOU want rather than whoever bribes the manufacturer...
If that doesn't work, the speed of startup will mostly be influence by the HDD or SSD speed.

50Twuncle

spannerzone wrote: »

I'd agree, bloated crappy software might well be the root of the problem... McAcfee (or similar) total security packages, toolbars, "useful" widgets, alerts, auto tuneup software, update alerts, etc etc

You might want to use something like CCleaner to have a good clearout and uninstall any crap you don't need.... I often find those preloaded programs (that are usually pretty useless) just hog resources regardless of whether you use them or not.

I have used Ccleaner for many years and yes, that helped slightly
The only problem that I have is the "press F11 to restore PC" delay - which I don't want or need (7 premium has already been upgraded to Professional - if I just delete the restore partition (and incorporate it into the main partition) - will that get rid of this delaying message ?
There is no "program" as such to control the restoration procedure and nothing in the BIOS either....

50Twuncle

almillar wrote: »

OK I was barking up the wrong tree, which is why I asked you to be more specific about what exactly it was that you find slow. If it's just how long it takes to start up, reinstall Windows, as lots of people do when they get a new computer. Nice fresh installation of Windows for you to install the software YOU want rather than whoever bribes the manufacturer...
If that doesn't work, the speed of startup will mostly be influence by the HDD or SSD speed.

I may do a fresh build - since the original 7 premium has been upgraded to 7 professional - using the anytime upgrade
and no SSD - Just a massive (1.5Tb) HDD

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I can see this ending in tears, wiping the restore partition isn't a good idea - how many seconds is that message contributing to the bootup time?

50Twuncle

closed wrote: »

I can see this ending in tears, wiping the restore partition isn't a good idea - how many seconds is that message contributing to the bootup time?

That's the reason that I asked - it takes 10 secs !!
I may carry out a fresh build on it - because an UPGRADE is never as good as a fresh build.....

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Do you have the discs to do a fresh build of W7 pro?

50Twuncle

closed wrote: »

Do you have the discs to do a fresh build of W7 pro?

yes I do. ... original DVD

andy2004

I wouldnt get rid of the recovery partition you only need 1 infection and then your screwed, then you'll be moaning about reinstalling.
And your also wrong about no software installed to do the recovery. its very likely on the recovery partition. think of it more like a dual boot, but instead of it saying boot from windows 7, from xp / vista you have Press F11 for recovery or leave to boot windows.
whats 10secs these days. heres an idea dont like the long boot, how about leaving it on 24/7 then you wont need to worry about how long it takes.

Things which cause delay's in boot time, 1 all the processes windows uses, 2 loading of drivers, 3 loading of the registry which over time can become bloated and filled with old information. 4 program which you have starting at load times.
Fact: windows doesnt load all of the processes it needs at startup if it did your system would take even longer, instead the processes are delay and loaded, aka wait 3secs before loading this process, wait 6secs before thisone. imagine it as your broadband connection, try loading 100 tabs windows in firefox and see how long the first page takes to load, then do the same thing with 5tab then wait 10secs do another 5 and so on, you'll find they will load quicker with the delays.
I have a hex core amd processor, and i play games on my onboard graphics card, it uses my system memory. games plays better on this system than it did on my old single core + geforce 6600 machine.
so playing games using onboard is acceptable these days, they are better than say 5years ago.
i rarely turn my pc off, and i never worry about the startup times