Troubleshooting : Windows 7 Welcome Screen too long

Author: scotty2541
Subject: Windows 7 Welcome Screen too long
Posted: 28 June 2014 at 8:45pm

I enabled the Admin account on the machine and used it.  So now the long delay is shifted to the Admin account  (conclusion: it appears to be the first account that is logged in)

Here are some actual measurements.  I ran them repeatedly, and had variations of about 5 seconds.  But you can get an overall feel.

1.  Login with my account (my original complaint):
Press enter at the password:
  40 seconds of blue "Welcome"
  25 MORE seconds until the desktop image appears
  15 MORE seconds until the UI becomes response (open a text file on the desktop by double clicking on it)

2.  To use the trace tool, I log on with the Admin account
Press enter at the password:
  25 seconds of blue "Welcome"
  20 MORE seconds until the desktop background appears
  25 MORE seconds until the UI becomes response
  Started the trace tool
Ctrl-Alt-Del and switch user to my account
Press enter at the password:
   10 seconds of blue "Welcome"
   8 more seconds until the desktop image appears

3.  Repeated the test, I log on with the Admin account
Press enter at the password:
  30 seconds of blue "Welcome"
  15 MORE seconds until the desktop background appears
  10 MORE seconds until the UI becomes response
  Started the trace tool
Ctrl-Alt-Del and switch user to my account
Press enter at the password:
  7 seconds of blue "Welcome"
  8 MORE seconds until the desktop image appears

I can't upload the trace file.  It tells me there is a 500K limit, and the two traces zipped up are 2.9Meg.  One trace is 1.4Meg.

Which is just as well, since I didn't really want a trace of my personal machine on a public forum anyway :-)

Additionally, I don't know if the trace will be of value, because I can't start the diag tool until after the long 'welcome' logon process.

I can email this, private message it, etc...

-Scott