re: WinME boot sequence problem?
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(5827 messages posted)
Is system restore active?
On Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 5:16 am, Ed wrote:
>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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