strange startup

dznutz · 12-30-2007, 09:55 AM

lately when i restart/start my computer i encounter odd delays loading my startup items on the task tray.

2 items would load: the volume control and realtek hd audio manager.

then windows pauses for about 1 minute before loading everything else: kerio personal firewall, nod32, airlink 101 wireless control (used for my pci wifi).

when checking task manager nothing eats up a lot of cpu.
using process explorer i don't see any hanging applications. the computer just pauses for some reason.

any clues why? thanks.

GameMaster · 12-30-2007, 01:03 PM

Well obviously you've recently installed some audio hardware if I'm not wrong.
So means that software has put itself on startup, nothing serious you can easily move it from startup.
Go to Start>Run>msconfig>press Enter>startup tab>now find that 2 items you don't want to load when rebooting, and check them. Next, click ok, and reboot your computer.

dznutz · 12-31-2007, 09:30 AM

well the realtek audio is part of the integrated audio of the motherboard and was there since the beginning of the installation (after installing drivers). i do want to keep those 2.

normally when startup items load they use cpu or when in task manager you'd see that item load and use some cpu. in my case it just stalls and sits there. the hd doesn't make a noise... it's almost as if the computer is idling. no cpu cycling for about a minute. after that timeframe everything else loads. that's what i'm curious about.

my wild guess is that it's the wifi card. anybody have one? perhaps before it loads it tries to connect to my router so it takes it's time?

TFT · 12-31-2007, 11:05 AM

Go into Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance then Admin Tools. Click on Event Viewer and look for any events marked in red. These will show any events on startup that had difficulty.

dznutz · 02-04-2008, 12:08 PM

lol, forgot about this.

no red warnings regarding the issue when i boot up. instead they are a bunch of yellow warnings all refering to event id 256 plugplaymanager. i did not find any relavent fixes using google.

any suggestions on how to fix this?

12-30-2007, 09:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 28 Posts: 558	strange startup lately when i restart/start my computer i encounter odd delays loading my startup items on the task tray. 2 items would load: the volume control and realtek hd audio manager. then windows pauses for about 1 minute before loading everything else: kerio personal firewall, nod32, airlink 101 wireless control (used for my pci wifi). when checking task manager nothing eats up a lot of cpu. using process explorer i don't see any hanging applications. the computer just pauses for some reason. any clues why? thanks. __________________ ANTEC 900 COOLERMASTER EXTREME 500w MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 EVGA geforce 7300gs 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit, VISTA ULTIMATE 64 bit

12-31-2007, 09:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 28 Posts: 558	well the realtek audio is part of the integrated audio of the motherboard and was there since the beginning of the installation (after installing drivers). i do want to keep those 2. normally when startup items load they use cpu or when in task manager you'd see that item load and use some cpu. in my case it just stalls and sits there. the hd doesn't make a noise... it's almost as if the computer is idling. no cpu cycling for about a minute. after that timeframe everything else loads. that's what i'm curious about. my wild guess is that it's the wifi card. anybody have one? perhaps before it loads it tries to connect to my router so it takes it's time? __________________ ANTEC 900 COOLERMASTER EXTREME 500w MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 EVGA geforce 7300gs 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit, VISTA ULTIMATE 64 bit

12-31-2007, 11:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
TFT Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,848	Go into Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance then Admin Tools. Click on Event Viewer and look for any events marked in red. These will show any events on startup that had difficulty. __________________ Operator: Dave Operating System: XP Professional SP2 Processor: Intel E6750 Core Duo@3.20GHz Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT C: Drive 500GB D: Drive 250GB Memory: 2GB Last edited by TFT; 12-31-2007 at 11:59 AM.

02-04-2008, 12:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 28 Posts: 558	lol, forgot about this. no red warnings regarding the issue when i boot up. instead they are a bunch of yellow warnings all refering to event id 256 plugplaymanager. i did not find any relavent fixes using google. any suggestions on how to fix this? __________________ ANTEC 900 COOLERMASTER EXTREME 500w MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 EVGA geforce 7300gs 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit, VISTA ULTIMATE 64 bit

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