[the7dead]

Windows does the normal stuff, check ram and all that.. then it goes black
for like 30 seconds while it tries to load drivers of some kind (?)?? What
is it doing?? Can I fix this??

[Unk]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 18:36:05 -0700, "the7dead" <the7dead@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Windows does the normal stuff, check ram and all that.. then it goes black
Windows doesn't check "ram and all that" in the beginning, your BIOS does.

>for like 30 seconds while it tries to load drivers of some kind (?)?? What
>is it doing??
Loading drivers. If you want to see what it's doing, set the boot to create a boot log.

>Can I fix this??
It isn't broke. However, if you want to speed up the load time, you can run
Windows 3.0 - Loads in 1-2 sec., or
Windows 3.1 - loads in 4-5 sec., or
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups - loads in 10-15 sec., or
Windows 95 - Loads in 30-45 seconds.....

[the7dead]

That's not what I mean. I get the ram check and everything is fine. Then
black. It stays black for 30 to 40 seconds. Nothing happends. Sometimes a
whole minute just sitting in a black screen. Then the windows loading bar
comes on.

[Robert Aldwinckle]

"the7dead" <the7dead@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C1043A7-2416-4859-B6DF-FCE47D89338D@microsoft.com...
> That's not what I mean. I get the ram check and everything is fine. Then
> black. It stays black for 30 to 40 seconds. Nothing happends. Sometimes a
> whole minute just sitting in a black screen. Then the windows loading bar
> comes on.

I've seen that happen when the network wasn't ready
so what you could be seeing are timeouts needed to wait for that.

Have you tried a safe mode boot without networking to see if the loading
happens any faster?


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[Unk]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 18:36:05 -0700, "the7dead" <the7dead@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Windows does the normal stuff, check ram and all that.. then it goes black
>for like 30 seconds while it tries to load drivers of some kind (?)?? What
>is it doing?? Can I fix this??

A shot in the dark... Do you have a NIC installed that you're not using?

If so, the OS will wait during boot until the DHCP times out. Setting you Ethernet adapter to a
non-routable IP address may speed up the boot process. These sites explain how to do it.
http://www.carricksolutions.com/pppoe/windowspppoe.php#4
http://www.carricksolutions.com/pppoe
http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/#LongHangs