Solved Windows Startup Slowing down

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roger hawke

roger hawke

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System as follows:

msi z370 pro motherboard
intel core 13-8100 coffee lake desktop processor/cpu
C drive 500gb ssd
D/E/F/ drives - disk drives
G drive 500 gb SATA
8gb ram

For about 2 years the startup time for ssd has been a consistent 17 seconds.
Over the last couple of days starup time has increased by up to 10 seconds.

I was wondering what could possibly have caused this increase and can it be reversed? (Before it gets any worse !!)
 
roger hawke said:
Over the last couple of days starup time has increased by up to 10 seconds.
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Got to ask, do you sit and time this with a stop watch, it is so minimal that I am surprised that you even noticed an increase of between one and ten seconds tbh :unsure:

Have you installed any new updates or third party programs over the past couple of days, hardware degradation is unlikely to be so minimal so something software related is the most likely cause.
 
phillpower2,

Thanks for response.

I do use a timer from time to time, that's why I was surprised to see such a large increase.

Is it worth investigating or should I just accept it?

The only downloads/installs I have done are the daily Windows Security Intelligence updates.
 
roger hawke said:
I do use a timer from time to time, that's why I was surprised to see such a large increase.
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Never heard of that before and an increase of between one and ten seconds is hardly a large increase in all honesty, if it were a minute or more yes worth worrying about.

roger hawke said:
The only downloads/installs I have done are the daily Windows Security Intelligence updates.
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But were any installed just before you first noticed the difference, if yes, one or more could be responsible.

You are welcome btw :)
 
phillpower2,

Thanks again.

Malwarebytes update to free version was installed on 22/12. That's all recently.
 
Easy one to check then, is MBAM the full AV package or just the on demand scanner.
 
phillpower2,

Thanks again.

(Malwarebytes free version)

Apologies, but I don't know the answer. (Avtually I don't really know what you mean !!) :unsure:
 
No worries, you have the free version of MBAM so just uninstall it then shut the PC down altogether, do not just restart it, do a cold boot and see if the boot time is back to what it was before you installed MBAM.
 
Not ideal but it at least rules the program out.

Can you post the brand and model name or number of the power supply (PSU).

Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.
 
Your hardware looks ok in the main but the CPU looks hot at 63 °C and something is eating up your memory

Physical Memory
Memory Usage: 57 %

Did you have anything running that would cause the high CPU temp and memory use.

There are still traces of MBAM on the computer;

Running: Malwarebytes Service

Malwarebytes removal info here

Going offline soon as I have an early start.
 
Phillpower2,
I reinstalled malwarebytes after that small trial we did.

Ref. Your question about high CPU temp. and memory use - don’t know to be honest.
 
Odd because it is not shown to be your AV protection;

Antivirus
Antivirus: Enabled
Display Name: Windows Defender
Virus Signature Database: Up to date
 
phillpower2,

If I am running Windows Defender, do I need any other security software? If so, could you please recommend anything?
 
Defender is all that most of us need Roger, please see my canned explanation below;

Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and 11 come with an improved Windows Defender, it offers the same real-time anti-virus/anti-malware protection as Microsoft Security Essentials. Windows Defender also shares the same malware signature definitions as Microsoft Security Essentials, and Forefront Endpoint Protection. Technically, Microsoft Security Essentials has not been renamed Windows Defender, or combined with it in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10.

If you do not download illegal software you do not need anymore than Windows Defender & Firewall when running Windows 8/8.1 or above.
 
phillpower2,

Thanks again.

Just to make things clear, are you saying that all I need is Windows Defender and that I don't need anything like ccleaner or superantispyware etc. etc,
so I might as well uninstall Malwarebytes??

Back to the slowing down of startup - should I just accept it and live with it? Or is there anthing else we can do?
 
Roger, you seem a sensible chap - as am I so likewise you only need Windows Defender & Firewall.

CCleaner is not an AV so should not be mentioned in the same context and SAS while it can still be trusted to not foist all sorts of unwanted stuff on you it is not a first line of defence.

Post an Autoruns log for the boot (C: drive/partition and lets see if there is anything amiss there, as previously mentioned an increase of between one and ten seconds does not suggest a hardware issue which should be the primary concern.

How to;

Post an Autoruns log for us, see here

1: Extract the Autoruns Zip file contents to a folder.

2: Double-click the "Autoruns.exe".

3: Click on the "Hide Signed Microsoft and Windows Entries” option.

4: Go to File then to Export As or Save in some versions.

5: Save AutoRuns.txt file to known location like your Desktop > when you click on File > Save you will then get the option to Save as type, click the drop down tab, change it to Text and then click the Save button.

6: Attach to your next reply.

Tutorial here
 
That`s it but can you do it again and this time be sure to do step 3, logs are hard enough to get through as it is without having to go through Microsoft entries that 100% have to be there.

3: Click on the "Hide Signed Microsoft and Windows Entries” option.
 
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