windows vista boot and shutdown critical errors Other Vista Discussions Discuss windows vista boot and shutdown critical errors in the Windows Vista forums; Windows has started up: Boot Duration : 69327ms IsDegradation : false Incident Time (UTC) : 19/01/2008 20:11:54 Windows has started up: Boot Duration : 56972ms IsDegradation : false Incident Time (UTC) : ...

[albat4748]

Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 69327ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 19/01/2008 20:11:54
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 56972ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 18/01/2008 17:07:49
intel(r)core2 (tm)2 quad cpu q6600 @2.40 ghz
4 gb mem ram 32 bit os
dell xps 720
vista home premium
when first used computer said wmi host provider was causing above errors after installing sp1 tells me to turn off windows aero no wmi error boot time approx 4 1/2 minutes am i being unreasonable to expect it to boot faster i have a dual boot system vista and xp mce both take same time to boot do i need help or am i just expecting to much

[Znod]

Your system should boot much faster--way, way faster--definitely less than two minutes. How much time occurs before you get to choose the system you will boot into and thereafter until you consider the boot to be finished. At what point do you consider the boot to have been accomplished? People measure these things differently.

[albat4748]

Bios= To Welcome Screen=2 Mins 22secs
Then Another 2 To 3 Minutes Before All Programs Are Loaded Have All Media Centre Application S On Delayed Start So I Do Not Count Those In My Estimate Disabling All Startup S It Takes 15 To 20 Seconds Less

[airman]

If the specs i look at on the web are this system it is one kick as unit so if it is new I would take it back to Dell for adjustment are there a lot of startup programs to cause it to load so slow and how does it perform once booted up. Plus go into the event viewer and see if there are a lot of error flags regarding WMI. Do a google search for WMI host Provider and you wil see lots of issues with this problem.

[Znod]

Originally Posted by albat4748

Bios= To Welcome Screen=2 Mins 22secs
Then Another 2 To 3 Minutes Before All Programs Are Loaded Have All Media Centre Application S On Delayed Start So I Do Not Count Those In My Estimate Disabling All Startup S It Takes 15 To 20 Seconds Less

My desktop is much quicker all the way through. The two minutes from bios to welcome seems pretty darn slow. Also, the other two minutes seems quite slow too--for everything to load. I guess I also would recommend talking with Dell support, but don't mention the dual boot. Just talk about the slowness with the system that came installed.