Windows Defender Cause of Slow Boot ?

[clarkedesign]

Hi,

I've just been reading another thread about slow boot times and was pointed into the event viewed to look at the logs.

In there I've discovered that the thing that is slowing my boot seems to be Defender (see below)

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This startup service took longer than expected to startup, resulting in a performance degradation in the system start up process:
File Name : windefend
Friendly Name : Service Module
Version : 1.1.1505.0
Total Time : 320ms
Degradation Time : 85ms
Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
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Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 418147ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
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Does anyone know if this is the case and why...

More importantly does anyone know how I can cure this as at present Vista Business is taking over 6 minutes to boot.

Thanks
Sean

Load Windows defender, go to TOOLS > OPTIONS

Scroll down to REAL TIME PROTECTION OPTIONS and ADMINISTRATIVE OPTIONS

I am not suggesting you turn these off permanently, but try disabling
different components to determine if any particular one or combination of
two or more is the cause of the issue.

I'd start by disabling everything and slowly adding things back


"clarkedesign" <clarkedesign.35jz05@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
message news:clarkedesign.35jz05@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just been reading another thread about slow boot times and was
> pointed into the event viewed to look at the logs.
>
> In there I've discovered that the thing that is slowing my boot seems
> to be Defender (see below)
>
> ---------------------------------------
> This startup service took longer than expected to startup, resulting in
> a performance degradation in the system start up process:
> File Name : windefend
> Friendly Name : Service Module
> Version : 1.1.1505.0
> Total Time : 320ms
> Degradation Time : 85ms
> Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
> ---------------------------------------
> Windows has started up:
> Boot Duration : 418147ms
> IsDegradation : false
> Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
> DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS THE CASE AND WHY...
>
> More importantly does anyone know how I can cure this as at present
> Vista Business is taking *over 6 minutes to boot*.
>
> Thanks
> Sean
>
>
> --
> clarkedesign
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

6 minutes to boot? :| You are sure? 41 seconds takes to mine (Windows Vista
Home Premium x64).
CPU: 2.4Ghz @ Core2Duo, 4GB Ram, VideoCard: 256mb/128 DDR3, hdd: sata II
"gerryf" wrote:

> Load Windows defender, go to TOOLS > OPTIONS
>
> Scroll down to REAL TIME PROTECTION OPTIONS and ADMINISTRATIVE OPTIONS
>
> I am not suggesting you turn these off permanently, but try disabling
> different components to determine if any particular one or combination of
> two or more is the cause of the issue.
>
> I'd start by disabling everything and slowly adding things back
>
>
> "clarkedesign" <clarkedesign.35jz05@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
> message news:clarkedesign.35jz05@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just been reading another thread about slow boot times and was
> > pointed into the event viewed to look at the logs.
> >
> > In there I've discovered that the thing that is slowing my boot seems
> > to be Defender (see below)
> >
> > ---------------------------------------
> > This startup service took longer than expected to startup, resulting in
> > a performance degradation in the system start up process:
> > File Name : windefend
> > Friendly Name : Service Module
> > Version : 1.1.1505.0
> > Total Time : 320ms
> > Degradation Time : 85ms
> > Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
> > ---------------------------------------
> > Windows has started up:
> > Boot Duration : 418147ms
> > IsDegradation : false
> > Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS THE CASE AND WHY...
> >
> > More importantly does anyone know how I can cure this as at present
> > Vista Business is taking *over 6 minutes to boot*.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > --
> > clarkedesign
> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >

clarkedesign;629797 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just been reading another thread about slow boot times and was
> pointed into the event viewed to look at the logs.
>
> In there I've discovered that the thing that is slowing my boot seems
> to be Defender (see below)
>
> ---------------------------------------
> This startup service took longer than expected to startup, resulting in
> a performance degradation in the system start up process:
> File Name : windefend
> Friendly Name : Service Module
> Version : 1.1.1505.0
> Total Time : 320ms
> Degradation Time : 85ms
> Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
> ---------------------------------------
> Windows has started up:
> Boot Duration : 418147ms
> IsDegradation : false
> Incident Time (UTC) : 29/02/2008 16:47:32
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
> DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS THE CASE AND WHY...
>
> More importantly does anyone know how I can cure this as at present
> Vista Business is taking *over 6 minutes to boot*.
>
> Thanks
> Sean
>
>
> --
> clarkedesign
> Posted via 'Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads'
> (http://www.vistaheads.com)

Hi Sean,

See how long it takes for you to boot into Safe Mode.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/123496-safe-mode.html


If you can boot into Safe Mode within a reasonable time, then you may
have one or more Startup programs causing the startup delay. You can
test to see which one may be the problem by temporarily disabling them
one by one using Option Two Method One in this tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79...e-disable.html

This will show you how to shave a little more time off of startup to.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70563-boot-up.html

Shawn


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