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Speeding Up System Boot - Installing Bootvis Part 2

Installing Bootvis

Bootvis is not included with Windows and must be downloaded from the Web. Currently, Microsoft has removed the link to download the program from their Web site.

Microsoft has removed this tool from their site because users have been using it for the wrong purpose. Ever since the tool was first discovered on Microsoft’s Web site, users would use Bootvis because they thought that it would speed up their computer’s boot time. That misconception arose because Bootvis is capable of starting some of Windows XP’s boot optimization features that are normally run by the operating system after it has fully analyzed the boot. However, Bootvis was designed to be a performance analysis and diagnostic utility, not a speed boosting app.

Because users were using Bootvis for the wrong reason,and because use of its
advanced boot optimization features could possibly do more harm than good, Microsoft decided to remove the tool from their site.

Microsoft’s removal of the tool from their Web site is unfortunate,because it really can give you a lot of useful information about your boot. Fortunately,several Web sites exist from which users of Windows XP still download Bootvis, namely:

Softpedia

Major Geeks

Once you have downloaded a copy of Bootvis, install it by double-clicking the file. A new entry will be made in the Start Menu under All Programs, labeled Microsoft Bootvis.
To be Continued…

Written by FireFly on January 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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Speeding Up System Boot - Analyze System with Bootvis

Using Bootvis you can analyze your system start

Bootvis is an application released by Microsoft that allows users and developers to debug and detect issues that occur during the system startup. Contrary to what most people believe, Bootvis is not a performance enhancement tool, but a diagnostic and reporting tool.

Running Bootvis will not speed up or change the performance of your system in any way other than what the system does automatically. Therefore, running Bootvis for the purpose of having it automatically speed up your system is pointless. However,the information that the Bootvis reports can be invaluable to improving the performance of your system.

What exactly is Bootvis?

Bootvis is a tool that will trace all of the different stages of the system
start such as the system kernel, then the device drivers, and then the start up of processes.If you are wondering why your computer is taking so long to startup, then Bootvis will provide you with many answers.

Written by FireFly on January 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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How To Make Your Computer Faster by Using BootVis

In my previous article, I gave tips how to use MSCONFIG to make your computer startup faster. So today, I’ll show you how to use BootVis.

What is BootVis? BootVis is a tool that allow you to check how fast your Windows XP takes to boot and then you can optimize the boot process with BootVis. BootVis was formerly a Microsoft product and now the Microsoft is no longer providing it.

This is what the Microsoft site has to say about BootVis:
Bootvis.exe is a performance tracing and visualization tool that Microsoft designed to help PC system designers and software developers identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while developing new PC products or supporting software.

Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve boot/resume performance for end users. Contrary to some published reports, Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system’s boot or resume performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by Bootvis.exe are built into Windows XP. These routines run automatically at pre-determined times as part of the normal operation of the operating system.

But i wonder why people still looking it. In my opinion, people still looking it because they just want to try to using it and this tool maybe can help them to reduce their Windows Xp boot time. I also still use it to help me to make my computer faster. My own pc boot time was reduce from 80 seconds down to 33 seconds. It is not much but I think it’s not bad at all. So today I decide to explain how to use BootVis to make your computer faster (boot faster).

1. First download BootVis from www.soft32.com

2. Double click the BootVis icon to start BootVis.

3. To optimize the boot sequence, firstly you need analyze the boot sequence. So click File > New > Next Boot + Driver Trace to analyze the boot sequence.

4. The dialog ask you how many times you want BootVis analyzing the boot sequence and then click OK. Usually 1 repetition is enough for BootVis analyzing the boot sequence. After clicking button OK your Windows XP will reboot.

5. After reboot has been complete, BootVis will appears showing you a graph about your boot sequence timing.

6. So now select Trace > Optimize System menu. After clicking on Optimize System, your system will reboot again.

7. After this dialog appears, the BootVis will take a few minute to complete the optimalisation and your system is optimized.

I hope this article can help you how to use BootVis to make your computer boot faster and in my next article I’ll show useful tips to make your computer faster than ever before. :)

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