Why is Windows "stuck" on the Welcome screen for so long?

Question

I use Windows 7 with a laptop specifications processor core (Core i3), 2 GB DDR3 RAM, the remaining capacity on the system partition (25 GB). I do not know why the "welcome screen" takes a long time (about 40 sec), but yesterday only took about 10 sec.,

I tried to defragment the disk and do a virus & spyware scan with antivirus, but still the "Welcome screen" comes along.

How do I get the welcome screen to pass by faster when Windows boots up?

Solution 1

Logon Scripts

One cause of this (that I experience myself) is certain scripts that are executed on log on. You can see these with Autoruns.

As you can see, there is a group policy script referenced in my system configuration. Sadly, I connect to that domain through VPN which isn't active when I log on.

So, the script is never found and causes a noticeable delay on the Welcome screen.

I noticed this after I joined the SBS domain.

Even if this is not your problem, Autoruns should help you track down what is causing the delay.

Network Shares

After reading the blog post The Case of the Veeerrry Slow Logons, I learned that similar issues can result from having mapped network shares that aren't available when logging on.

Solution 2

The problem is the desktop background.

If it is set to a solid color, it takes about 30 seconds to login. If I set it to a picture, the login takes about 3 seconds.

It is the strangest behavior, but I have tested it on two computers and it fixes the problem. If I put it back to a solid color, it goes back to 30 seconds to login.

Several people on another Windows Seven Forums website also confirm this.

Solution 3

If you are looking for a very quantitative way of measuring what is taking up all of this time, I would recommend getting the soluto beta.

After a boot, it will tell what is in boot, in addition to how much time each program contributed to the boot (in tenths of a second) in addition to giving you a way to remove that program or other item from your boot (in most cases).

Comments

[Thalys]

try running autoruns and look for things that its trying to load but arn't there

[Perdana Putra]

how? and if it has no effect on the system? please let me know

[Thalys]

See Oliver's answer

[Amicable]

My money is on autoruns, hence the comment only, but try Auslogics defrag to. They have profiles which allow you to optimise your hard drive for with different profiles such as for boot speed, system file performance, application performance etc.

[Thalys]

precisely what i was talking about in the comments.

[HiFi]

... wow, that's good to know. Wonder though how drawing a single color is more intensive than drawing a picture.

[RogUE]

Why would a solid wallpaper cause a Windows PC a long time to login?