subject: A Solution Guide For Windows Transition Between On & Off Issues [print this page] A Solution Guide For Windows Transition Between On & Off Issues
Least do we care about all the work processes that undergoes when a Windows system transits between the "on" state to "off" state and vice versa. What exactly do we mean by this? Let us say that you are booting up your computer which actually means that your computer is transiting from "off" state to "on" state. The opposite happens when you shut down the computer. What about going back to normal mode from sleep mode and vice versa? Well, we are actually dealing with "transitions" between "on" state" and "off" state in all the scenarios mentioned above. "On" state and "off" state is not just turning off and turning on a computer.
However, we face a lot issues during these transitions and then we complain that the computer has become too slow. So what are the problem areas? Some of these are delays due to degeneration time of various processes, Lack of parallelism in the functioning of the operating system, and resource consumption to the extent of degrading system performance.
Now that we have got the problem areas, we need to understand how and exactly what to tackle. Windows 7 gives the technicians a better opportunity with its advanced Event Viewer to look into the intricate details of Boot-time and tools like xbootmgr.exe, if used along with it can give us a clear picture of what background processes are taking too much time to complete like a virus data definition taking too long after an update or drivers taking too long to load. You can get in touch with a remote computer support service provider to get tech support.
But the question is NOT what the technician can do for you after you pay him for his work, the question is what can you do to avoid severe system issues related to performance? Some of the most useful tips include the following:
1. Do NOT load unnecessary software. Remove unnecessary software from the Add and Remove Programs.
2. Check the Startup items. Are there too many things which can be triggered later and need not be there while the computer is booting up? Ask a technician if you are not sure about which ones to remove.
3. Does your computer update by itself automatically or is it that the computer does not update itself at all and you never bother to have the drivers and software updated regularly? Both situations should be avoided. Try to configure the update policy of the computer.
4. What do you do with the peripherals attached with your computer? Do you always keep them "on" even while your computer is booting up or do you turn it on only when you require? I believe that you already guessed the best practice. Only turn it on when you require it.
There are other things that can be taken care of like some registry tweaks that will reduce the time to kill a process when any application freezes and the computer takes a long time to shut down.
