MistaT40 Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 I am considering whether to run Boot Vis or not on my WinXP systems. One is a P2 450 and the other is a P4 1.5 both with 256MB Ram, 7200rpm HD. Will Boot Vis decrease the boot up times of my systems as ppl have said? Also some ppl have said that after extensive usage, boot times actually increase with those after running Boot Vis is this true? Help me out with it? Should I run Bootvis or not and what are your experiences thnx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted January 18, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 18, 2002 i guess once you use it, you should do it once and a while. just do the "optimize" option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted January 19, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 19, 2002 Mista..all bootvis does is optimize the boot files and whatnot. WinXP has this feature built in and it will do it automatically but it takes some time for XP to build up a list of what you use most often. Bootvis forces XP to optimize immediately rather than later. Theres no adverse side affects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexionly Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 My winxp pro used to take like 20 - 30 seconds to boot, I ran bootvis and now it takes about a minute. :right: I guess I could try it again and see if that doesn anything, but I dont wanna make it worse. :ponder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurting101 Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Yeah it slowed down mine too... now there is a big long lag before the logon screen :ponder: System Restore can't fix it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted January 19, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 19, 2002 weird..mine went from 30-40 seconds down to 15-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 All it does is defrag the system boot files. It helped my speed quite a bit, now the loading user config screens fly right by. (as well as all the winxp screen) I didn't have to check time, you can feel how quicker it is. But make sure Tast sched. and com system services are on or it won't work. It will error saying the service didn't load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexionly Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 woudl running it again possibly make it boot faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 it should. increase delay time in options so bootvis wait till your system load everything you have in startup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 It might help running it every once in awhile. (maybe monthly) As it gets fragmented (like a hard drive) every time it boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Update: I just tried bootvis again to see how it would do defragging approx two days after the first run and it dropped me from 17.5 to 15.5 seconds. I recommend if you do try bootvis, defrag your main C: drive before the initial run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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