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RetiredTechie

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Extended Boot time
« on: February 24, 2009, 08:54:25 PM »
Greetings--
Having an annoying problem.  When booting computer, avast indicates that there are 7 providers with 4 running.  It takes a couple of minutes for the final 2 providers to start to run.  I have 1 provider turned off.  The two that don't start promptly are the Web Shield and Internet Mail.  The message shown is "Provider waiting for a sub system to start.  I have a limited number of programs that start at boot.  I have tried turning various programs off to see if any change to boot time.  Doesn't seem to have any effect. 

I have tried AVG 8 free.  Didn't like program, but did not have the extended boot time problem.  Any help or ideas appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

OS is Vista SP1 Home Premium
Mail provider is Windows Mail
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 09:00:19 PM »
Those two are user set and manual start so would normally be behind the ones set to automatic. Though it shouldn't be anywhere close to 2 minutes.

Have (or did) you another AV installed (other than avg8, see below) in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?

AVG8 Remover, download tool from here, http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download-tools there is a 32bit and 64 bit windows version, ensure you use the correct one.
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 09:12:40 PM »
Thanks for quick reply.  I was sure I had used AVG remover when I uninstalled, but I just used it again just in case.  Any other AV or Malware program I had installed previous I have used dedicated remover if available.  I'll monitor boot times for a while and see if time improved. Thanks again.  I'll keep posting if continued problem.
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 10:49:46 PM »
No problem, welcome to the forums.
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2009, 02:13:55 PM »
If you can get help with the advanced info at Vista:
Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools
This could reveal what is messing your boot time. Sorry, I'm not an expert on it.
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2009, 08:03:05 PM »
Tech--

I ran the AVG uninstaller as suggested by DavidR and I delayed the startup of Avast until other services are booted.  Suprisingly, the boot time has improved considerbly to about 30 seconds.
Thanks for your input. 
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2009, 08:54:30 PM »
You're welcome.

I'm not to surprised in the boot time improvement, but 30 seconds is very good. Though I would have only done one step at a time to see what each gave to the results you achieved.
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Re: Extended Boot time
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2009, 10:55:46 PM »
Glad to know...
Is there any other security program installed in this computer that could be making booting more difficult?
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