Can anyone tell me what windows 7 is doing when it boots between the Starting Windows screen (colored dots) and the main login screen. There is a process where teh screen has a blue pattern and Please Wait displayed, what is happening here? and how can I reduce the time it occurs? thanks - Sim :-)

Hi, make sure you have the service Superfetch running and next try to speed up the boot with the help of my guide [1]. This trains the advanced prefetcher in Windows 7. This increase the boot performance a lot. All other tweaking tools are useless. Only use this method with this Microsoft Toolkit. If this doesn't speed up the boot process, follow my guide [2] to make a boot trace and compress the boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1.etl as 7z or RAR and upload it to your Skydrive [3] and post the link here. I take a look at the trace, maybe I see what's wrong with your Windows. You have issue with the WinLogonInit phase. read my guide what the phase does. André [1] http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=140262 [2] http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=140247 [3] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221