RE: Extremely slow boot times with Windows 2000
From: OrphicFireball (OrphicFireball_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/09/04
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:49:01 -0700
Will this add more information to the event viewer too? I happen to be
troubleshooting a problem where "loading your personal settings", takes a
very long time, and would like to know more about how to troubleshoot that.
"jjjdavidson" wrote:
> In the registry, add the REG_DWORD key
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserEnvDebugLevel and set its
> value to X10002 (65538). Then check the
> C:\Winnt\Debug\UserMode\Userenv.log file; you won't
> believe the number of messages you'll see.
>
> Only catch is that you have to do it right away. The
> entries are time-stamped, but NOT dated! So you can only
> easily identify the most recent entries.
>
> You can rename Userenv.log to save it for later
> examination; Windows will just build another one.
>
> Good luck!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am experiencing extremely slow boot times with Windows
> 2000.
> >It takes at least 20 minutes to start, even in safe mode.
> >
> >Once it starts it works fine.
> >
> >I need a way to log how it starts, and a way to avoid the
> start up
> >screen to see what is happening behind the scenes. Even
> the display of
> >files loading in safe mode won't show up.
> >
> >When I go to the Disk Management screen, nothing shows
> up. just a notice
> >saying "Connecting to Logical Disk Manager Service ..."
> that shows forever.
> >
> >Whenever I try to run Partition Magic I get a notice
> saying
> >
> > Init Failed Error: 100
> >
> > Partition Table is bad
> >
> >I run chkdsk /f however and it reported no major problems
> and fixed
> >those it found.
> >
> >I am able to boot quickly with a BartPE Boot disk and
> that starts
> >quickly with no problems.
> >
> >system setup is
> >
> >AMD Duron 1300
> >768 Mb DDR Ram
> >Elite ECS k7S5A
> >
> >Only unusual item is probably the VIA Based USB/Firewire
> PCI Adapter,
> >LifeView TV Card.
> >
> >They all work fine when it starts.
> >
> >My main need now is to find a way of tracing what happens
> at start up.
> >
> >I will try to use Fixmbr etc later once I see what is
> happening.
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
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