Measure Windows 7 Startup time with a VBS script

**Maq.H** · 30-07-2010

There are many tips and toolkits to help you optimize your computer and speed up its startup. To compare the situation before and after application manipulation, you can measure the startup time and shutdown of your computer. For this you can use a stopwatch, but this is not so convenient.

You can also set up a small VBS script that will instruct your computer to stop and restart and then give you the number of seconds that the operation lasted.

Create VBS script:

The VBS is a scripting language supported by Windows. The script you will use will record the actual time in the registry, restart your computer and compare the new correct time with the former to give you the total duration of the restart.

Click the Start button, click All Programs, Accessories and then Notepad.

Copy and paste the following script in the Notepad:

Code:

 <span><span style="direction: ltr; text-align: left" class="google-src-text">Option Explicit On Error Resume Next Dim Wsh, Time1, Time2, Result, PathFile, MsgResult, MsgA, AppName, KeyA, KeyB, TimeDiff MsgA = "Fermez toutes les applications en cours et cliquez sur OK." KeyA = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RestartTime\" KeyB = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RestartTime" AppName = "Restart-Time" Set Wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") PathFile = """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """" Result = wsh.RegRead(KeyA & "Times") if Result = "" then MsgResult = Msgbox (MsgA, vbOKCancel, AppName) If MsgResult = vbcancel then WScript.Quit Wsh.RegWrite KeyA & "Times", left(Time,8), "REG_SZ" Wsh.RegWrite KeyB, PathFile, "REG_SZ" Wsh.Run "cmd /c Shutdown -r -t 00", false, 0 else Wsh.RegDelete KeyA & "Times" Wsh.RegDelete KeyA Wsh.RegDelete KeyB TimeDiff = DateDiff("s",Result,left(Time,8)) MsgBox "PC redémarré en " & TimeDiff & " secondes", VbInformation, AppName end if wscript.Quit</span> Option Explicit On Error Resume Next Sun Wsh, Time1, Time2, Result, pathfile, MsgResult, MsgA, AppName, Keya, Keyb, TimeDiff MsgA = "Close all running applications and click OK." Keya = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ RestartTime \ "Keyb =" HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run \ RestartTime "AppName =" Restart-Time "Set Wsh = CreateObject (" WScript.Shell ") pathfile =" "" "& & WScript.ScriptFullName" "" "Result = wsh.RegRead (Keya &" Times ") if Result =" "then Msgbox MsgResult = (MsgA, vbOKCancel, AppName) If MsgResult = vbcancel Then WScript.Quit Wsh.RegWrite Keya &" Times ", left ( Time, 8), "REG_SZ" Wsh.RegWrite Keyb, pathfile, "REG_SZ" Wsh.Run "cmd / c Shutdown-r-t 00", false, 0 else Wsh.RegDelete Keya & "Times" Wsh.RegDelete Keya Wsh . RegDelete Keyb TimeDiff = DateDiff ("s", Result, Left (Time, 8)) MsgBox "PC restarted" TimeDiff & & "seconds", vbInformation, AppName end if WScript.Quit</span>

Now click the File menu of the Notepad and then click Save As.
Scroll Type and select All Files.
Click the Desktop icon for the script is placed on the desktop.
Enter Restart-Time.vbs in the File name field and click the Save button.
Close the notebook.
The new script is present on the desktop.

**Maq.H** · 30-07-2010

Measure the Boot Time:

Here is how you can measure the time taken by your system to bootup:

Close all open software.
Click the right mouse button on the file-Time.vbs Restart the desktop and choose Open or Run command depending on your version of Windows.
Click the OK button.
Your computer is restarted.
On the next start, time to restart your computer is displayed. Click OK.

Improve recovery time:

To improve the time to restart Windows, you must consider the software and services launched at Windows startup. A defragmentation of your hard drives also improved access to files used for booting. With Vista, you can use your USB stick to boost Windows startup. By following the tips below, you can expect to earn a good thirty seconds to boot.

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