vista boot up time

deankenny · 04-15-2008, 11:21 AM

i just installed vista and am not sure of the average boot up time or good boot time, from boot/bios screen where you press del to enter setup, to windows desktop.

PC eye · 04-15-2008, 11:26 AM

Generally Vista loads up very closely to what is seen with XP. There isn't that much time difference while starting up. Some complain about it taking a little longer to see everything unload when going to shutdown or simply reboot the system.

For the most the number of startup items and how large those are will play the largest role in any real time consumption there. Since everyone generally has their own software as well as hardware environment it's a little hard to take a stop watch and accurately predict just how long it will take your system there.

Garethman!!` · 04-15-2008, 02:51 PM

My FX-55 PC with 3GB RAM boots Vista in 35 seconds, my main desktop does it in 24 seconds, and my laptop does it in 51 seconds.

tlarkin · 04-15-2008, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deankenny

i just installed vista and am not sure of the average boot up time or good boot time, from boot/bios screen where you press del to enter setup, to windows desktop.

This is subjective, do you mean when Vista fully boots and all processes are running? Or do you mean to the log in window?

speedyink · 04-15-2008, 05:29 PM

I haven't timed it, but if you have a higher end system Vista definately boots up faster than XP. Mine and my friend's computer skips right through the login screen

PC eye · 04-15-2008, 10:34 PM

With XP you had to add a pair of string entries into the system registry itself to see the automatic logon to the administrator account or see the user logon prompt screen along the way in order to reach the desktop. The Welcome screen is still seen when using the auto login tweak there. With Vista by default you go direct to the desktop unless requiring the user name/password prompt to appear.

There's no welcome screen that comes up so the desktop is simply seen sooner while things are still loading in the background. Both versions seems to take the same amount of time to fully load from what is seen with the dual boot here.

Verve · 04-15-2008, 10:37 PM

takes me around 30-40 seconds, although I could get it a bit faster if I got rid of some more processes I think.

speedyink · 04-15-2008, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

With XP you had to add a pair of string entries into the system registry itself to see the automatic logon to the administrator account or see the user logon prompt screen along the way in order to reach the desktop. The Welcome screen is still seen when using the auto login tweak there. With Vista by default you go direct to the desktop unless requiring the user name/password prompt to appear.

There's no welcome screen that comes up so the desktop is simply seen sooner while things are still loading in the background. Both versions seems to take the same amount of time to fully load from what is seen with the dual boot here.

Actually there is a welcome screen, it's just seen on the slower computers

PC eye · 04-15-2008, 11:57 PM

The welcome screen seen with Vista is not a boot splash screen but one seen when arriving at the desktop that comes up like an explorer menu screen. That can be unchecked to avoid the need to close that every time you boot up to simply see the desktop.

That's one of the usual MS annoyances they like to stick into each new version of Windows! "gee? I might not be able to find my way around the desktop without it?! ddaa...."

jmedina · 04-15-2008, 11:58 PM

My neighbor has a laptop running Vista and 2 GB. It takes soooo long for it to come out of hibernate. But, it does not take that long for it to startup.

04-15-2008, 11:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
deankenny Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Weymouth, England, UK Age: 23 Posts: 644	vista boot up time i just installed vista and am not sure of the average boot up time or good boot time, from boot/bios screen where you press del to enter setup, to windows desktop. __________________ Gigabyte P35-DS3L INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 @ 2.88ghz 2GB CRUCIAL BALLISTIX 800 DDR2 XFX GEFORCE 8800GTX 768MB

04-15-2008, 11:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Generally Vista loads up very closely to what is seen with XP. There isn't that much time difference while starting up. Some complain about it taking a little longer to see everything unload when going to shutdown or simply reboot the system. For the most the number of startup items and how large those are will play the largest role in any real time consumption there. Since everyone generally has their own software as well as hardware environment it's a little hard to take a stop watch and accurately predict just how long it will take your system there. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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Garethman!!` Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 17 Posts: 910	My FX-55 PC with 3GB RAM boots Vista in 35 seconds, my main desktop does it in 24 seconds, and my laptop does it in 51 seconds. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium

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speedyink Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 1,832	I haven't timed it, but if you have a higher end system Vista definately boots up faster than XP. Mine and my friend's computer skips right through the login screen __________________ Desktop/Laptop: Acer AM5100/Dell Inspiron 6400 AMD Phenom 9500 Quad core @ 2.2GHZ/Core 2 Duo T5300 @ 1.73ghz 4GB DDR2 RAM/2GB 533mhz RAM 750GB HDD/120 GB HDD 512mb Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1050/256mb Radeon Mobility X1400 HM Vista Ultimate x64/Vista Home Premium Winner of Photo Tournament: Mountains, Cold, Spiders, Engineering My Deviantart

04-15-2008, 10:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	With XP you had to add a pair of string entries into the system registry itself to see the automatic logon to the administrator account or see the user logon prompt screen along the way in order to reach the desktop. The Welcome screen is still seen when using the auto login tweak there. With Vista by default you go direct to the desktop unless requiring the user name/password prompt to appear. There's no welcome screen that comes up so the desktop is simply seen sooner while things are still loading in the background. Both versions seems to take the same amount of time to fully load from what is seen with the dual boot here. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,486	takes me around 30-40 seconds, although I could get it a bit faster if I got rid of some more processes I think. __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

04-15-2008, 11:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	The welcome screen seen with Vista is not a boot splash screen but one seen when arriving at the desktop that comes up like an explorer menu screen. That can be unchecked to avoid the need to close that every time you boot up to simply see the desktop. That's one of the usual MS annoyances they like to stick into each new version of Windows! "gee? I might not be able to find my way around the desktop without it?! ddaa...." __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

04-15-2008, 11:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
jmedina Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 389	My neighbor has a laptop running Vista and 2 GB. It takes soooo long for it to come out of hibernate. But, it does not take that long for it to startup. __________________ HP dc5700 Desktop 512 MB 70 GB HD Windows XP Professional Ibook G3 800 MHZ 256 MB 30 GB Hard Drive

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