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WinME boot sequence problem?
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 6:16 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(570 messages posted)
As annoyances go, this one is not very major, but it has always bothered me. I only
noticed it because I use both Win98 and WinME, and can compare them side-by-side.
When I boot up my Windows 98 computer (running Win98 Second Edition) it starts up
straight away, and displays the Desktop. But when I boot my Windows ME computer,
when it reaches that stage it then thrashes the hard disk for about 5 seconds.
I recently investigated this, by generating a boot log (C:\BOOTLOG.TXT) for the WinME
machine. And I discovered to my surprise that, whereas the Win98 machine ends all
boot up activity once it has loaded Win98, the WinME machine then goes into a mad
disk thrash while it UNLOADS a bunch of stuff that it had loaded earlier in the boot
up process.
Does anyone know why WinME is doing this? Is there anything I should be doing to
prevent it loading the items which it then unloads?
To be a bit technical for a moment, WinME reaches a state at which it records these
two lines in the boot log -
EndTerminate = Win32
EndTerminate = KERNEL
I see from a Win98SE boot log that when this occurs in Win98 the boot sequence is
complete, and the bootlog ends. But in WinME the boot sequence then does the mad
disk thrashing and the unloading, starting with these lines -
[00155915] Removing Unknown (HTREE\RESERVED\0)
[00155916] Removed Unknown (HTREE\RESERVED\0)
[00155916] Removing Processor support (ROOT\PROCESSOR_UPDATE\0000)
[00155916] Removed Processor support (ROOT\PROCESSOR_UPDATE\0000)
It then removes -
The Microsoft Kernel System Audio Renderer
The Microsoft Kernel Audio Mixer
The Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator (ROOT\SWENUM\0000)
The Composite Power Source (ACPI\COMPBATT\ROOT&*PNP0C08&0000)
The ACPI System Button (ACPI\BUTTON\ROOT&*PNP0C08&0000)
The ACPI Power Button (ACPI\*PNP0C0C\0)
The Intel(r) 82815 Processor to I/O Controller - 1130
The LG L1752S [the Monitor is model L1752S]
The SpeedTouch 330 ADSL Modem (USB\VID_06B9&PID_4061\000E50FB9A96)
The Psion WaveFinder [a USB DAB radio]
Two USB Root Hubs
The USB 2.0 Root Hub Device
The ACPI Sleep Button (ACPI\*PNP0C0E\0)
The System board (ROOT\*PNP0C01\0000)
The Lexmark Z12 Series ColorFine (ROOT\PRINTER\0000) [USB printer]
The Alcatel Class Registry Bus (ROOT\ALCACR\0000)
The Client for Microsoft Networks (NETWORK\VREDIR\0001)
The TCP/IP (NETWORK\MSTCP\0000)
The Dial-Up Adapter (ROOT\NET\0000)
I don't believe it is genuinely unloading these items, because the computer works
perfectly okay, and the devices said to be unloaded (e.g. the printer, the USB 2.0
ports, etc) all function normally.
Anyone care to cast any light on what this unloading process is all about?
I have checked in Device Manager, and there are no "ghost" entries showing, and there
are no faulty devices indicated. So this is not some response to a device conflict
or a faulty installation! And I am experiencing no problems of any description with
the computer.
I can offer only one further clue: each removal is accomplished by two lines in the
boot log, the first of which says "Removing [device description]", and the second
line says "Removed [device description]".
The final two lines of the boot log are -
[00155917] Removing Dial-Up Adapter (ROOT\NET\0000)
[00155917] Removed Dial-Up Adapter (ROOT\NET\0000)
In point of fact, I admit to using broadband, not dial-up. But nevertheless the PC
still requires the TCP/IP protocols to be installed, as I found out by accident one
time, when I was uninstalling my old PCI modem card during the broadband installation.
As I say, not the biggest annoyance I've ever found in WinME, but puzzling nonetheless.
What am I overlooking? Why is it unloading all these items?
Ed
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