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I have Windows XP at work. Booting takes about a minute, then logging in takes 5-10 more minutes before the computer is usable. I think of this every time: htt

• smhinsey 15y ago
  This made me wonder if they have addressed the main issue behind scenarios like that, which, in my experience, is the application of GPOs. I haven't actually had a win7 machine on a domain so I don't know, but I sure do have similar memories of "applying security policy" taking forever in XP.
  • Flow 15y ago
    I usually get coffee instead of staring at the laptop. But I wonder how big a difference a smarter disk-elevator algorithm would make. Or something that logged file-accesses, made a list of disk-block-no of that, sorted the list, and early at next boot read of blocks from that list. This is to avoid boot-time being spent waiting for random disk-accesses.