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I recently wiped and did a fresh install of Vista. My X60 laptop's boot up time was decent, but the time has drastically increased since installing all ThinkPad/Thinkvantage software.

Going from cold power on to OS finally getting everything loading takes a few minutes.

Which of the ThinkPad/Thinkvantage apps drag the most on the CPU or boot up times?

From what I've read here and experienced first hand on Vista, the biggest boot hog was the CSS (Client Security Solution) and fingerprint software.

I have seen the same thing in other posts as Harryc (I do not run CSS). All other Thinkpad software I have installed for my T41 under Windows XP Pro and my CPU registers less than 2 percent more than about 97.5 percent of the time. ... JDH

Also ditto the removing CSS, my boot times has gotten significantly faster

Can't comment on Vista, but removal of CSS and Access Connections decreased boot time significantly. Especially the latter one.

CZOLG wrote:Can't comment on Vista, but removal of CSS and Access Connections decreased boot time significantly. Especially the latter one.

that's cause both have a lot of services running. unfortunately i like access connections -- to make up for it i disable other services

novasource wrote:I recently wiped and did a fresh install of Vista. My X60 laptop's boot up time was decent, but the time has drastically increased since installing all ThinkPad/Thinkvantage software.

Going from cold power on to OS finally getting everything loading takes a few minutes.

Which of the ThinkPad/Thinkvantage apps drag the most on the CPU or boot up times?

I have since removed Client Security Solution and Access Connections, and my laptop has a faster boot.

I left ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software 5.6 installed. I didn't realize it would work without CSS. Seems that the fingerprint software may only provide drivers and basic fingerprint functionality, such as log on to Windows functionality?

@novasource

How much faster would you say your boots gotten after you removed Access Connections? (I already have CSS gone)
Just wondering because I'm just letting Vista handle my wireless and its been fine so far, so I guess no point in keeping AC around.

Trekk69 wrote:@novasource

How much faster would you say your boots gotten after you removed Access Connections? (I already have CSS gone)
Just wondering because I'm just letting Vista handle my wireless and its been fine so far, so I guess no point in keeping AC around.

Maybe a couple of minutes? It used to be about 5-6 minutes before everything calmed down and got really usable. Now the boot time is comparable to my Athlon X2 3800+ desktop.

I found Access Connections to be a necessity with the old ThinkVantage X40 and XP because something with the drivers prevented Windows from managing the network connection. Now that the drivers have apparently improved or become more standardized, Access Connections is unnecessary bloat to me.

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
I think I'll uninstall AC, and hopefully see an additional speed up!

So I uninstalled AC, just letting Vista handle the wireless and all is fine.

I'll have to agree with novasource that my boot time has also increased.

Thanks for the tip

Trekk69 wrote:I'll have to agree with novasource that my boot time has also increased.

I hope you meant reduced?

Sorry ya, increased...thinking the wrong thing (too much Superbowl on the mind)
Thanks again