Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful
Many startup applications have been disabled.
Only "Google Drive", "Bluetooth LE Services Control Program" and "Intel PROSet/Wireless Bluetooth" run on boot. Kaspersky 2015 is on the new PC as well, but is set to "Concede resources to OS".
Thanks:
Turns out that boot time is ~2 mins but it takes 5 minutes for desktop to become responsive (there is a black screen with a cursor for a while after login).
Right-click the taskbar, and then click Start Task Manager.
Click the Processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click End Process.
Click File, and then click New Task (Run).
In the Open text box, enter explorer.exe, and then click OK.
Click the Start button
, enter device manager in the search box, and then, in the search results, click Device Manager.
Double-click Display adapters, right-click your display device, click Update Driver Software, and then follow the steps in the wizard that appears.
Note
After the driver is reinstalled, you might need to restart your computer again to complete the installation. You might also need to adjust the screen resolution to its previous setting.
If these steps solved the problem, you're done. If not, go on to the next set of steps.
Check for registry issues
Right-click the taskbar, and then click Start Task Manager.
Click the Processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click End Process.
Click File, and then click New Task (Run)
In the Open text box, enter explorer.exe, and then click OK.
Click the Start button
, enter regedit in the search box, and then, in the search results, click regedit.exe.
Browse to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Click to select the WinLogon key, and then, in the right pane, click Shell. The value of Shell in the Data column should beexplorer.exe. If the value of Shell isn't explorer.exe, double-click Shell, and then, in the Value data text field, enterexplorer.exe, and then click OK.
Close the registry editor, and then restart your PC.
Thanks. I checked on Intel and my graphics driver is up to date. The registry is also the same as in the article. I also uninstalled my WiFi and Bluetooth drivers to see if the problem persisted (then reinstalled them)
I looked at logs in Event Viewer and I found a continuous error log that happened on every boot:
"The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
adgnetworkwfpdrv"
I assume this is to do with Adguard's WFP filter driver (which was actually disabled) and I uninstalled Adguard, with Revo Uninstaller, but the same error gets logged anyway.
Thanks. I checked on Intel and my graphics driver is up to date. The registry is also the same as in the article. I also uninstalled my WiFi and Bluetooth drivers to see if the problem persisted (then reinstalled them)
I looked at logs in Event Viewer and I found a continuous error log that happened on every boot:
"The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
adgnetworkwfpdrv"
I assume this is to do with Adguard's WFP filter driver (which was actually disabled) and I uninstalled Adguard, with Revo Uninstaller, but the same error gets logged anyway.
Thanks. I checked on Intel and my graphics driver is up to date. The registry is also the same as in the article. I also uninstalled my WiFi and Bluetooth drivers to see if the problem persisted (then reinstalled them)
I looked at logs in Event Viewer and I found a continuous error log that happened on every boot:
"The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
adgnetworkwfpdrv"
I assume this is to do with Adguard's WFP filter driver (which was actually disabled) and I uninstalled Adguard, with Revo Uninstaller, but the same error gets logged anyway.
Just one question do you only have a dedicated intel graphics card?Or does your laptop/desktop use AMD/Nvidia gpu as well?
Could you please show us a screenshot from device manager!
Just one question do you only have a dedicated intel graphics card?Or does your laptop/desktop use AMD/Nvidia gpu as well?
Could you please show us a screenshot from device manager!
I installed Adguard, enabled WFP driver, rebooted (error didn't come up in event logger), uninstalled Adguard, then deleted the adgnetworkwfp driver in C:\windows\system32\drivers
Thanks. I checked on Intel and my graphics driver is up to date. The registry is also the same as in the article. I also uninstalled my WiFi and Bluetooth drivers to see if the problem persisted (then reinstalled them)
I looked at logs in Event Viewer and I found a continuous error log that happened on every boot:
"The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
adgnetworkwfpdrv"
I assume this is to do with Adguard's WFP filter driver (which was actually disabled) and I uninstalled Adguard, with Revo Uninstaller, but the same error gets logged anyway.
After extraction is complete, ope Autoruns.exe. Accept the license agreement which will be displayed. Afterwards, you should see a window like the following:
There will be a difference in the entries between our systems*
Use the filter at the top and search for: adgnetworkwfpdrv
Once you've found it, right click > Delete
Accept the confirmation for this action. The entry will be removed, it should no longer attempt to startup at boot time.
Please can you go to the following path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys
Delete that driver (*.sys file) if it exists. DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING ELSE.
Then check if the issue has been fixed (Event Viewer driver error).
Can't really tell to be honest. The error doesn't come up in the logs anymore, though, but the logs also says that boot time is approx 240 000ms (4 minutes) with ESS 8, Google Drive, ELAN touchpad, Bluetooth and Soluto on boot (I don't really know whether this is a slow or fast boot time...)
4 minutes is a extreme slow boot time. Which software u r using to measure boot time? U can download & run bootracer to know ur boottime too & if u not full scan ur PC yet then do it see any malware infection.
Edit : lol wut a joke, Soluto says my PC is responsive after 2:45 minutes & bootracer says 45 seconds. This program is a joke. I think u measured ur PC boot/startup time with soluto too?
