Locking X60 takes forever in Vista?

[jzuetta]

I've just received my new X60 a little over a week ago and one of the things really bothers me is the time Vista takes to lock down your computer before you close the lid.

Its insane

Almost the same amount of time (a lot) takes when I slip my finger over the reader....wait...wait....and wait
Is it because I am using the fingerprint reader? Is it because it loads the IBM fingerprint soft behind it? Is it just because Vista?

I compared mine with a exact machine (processor, ram) using XP and it takes at least 80% less time...

Any input Vista Business users?

[tomh009]

When you say "lock" -- are you trying to lock, standby or hibernate? Does it take as long if you do it from Ctrl+Alt+Del rather than closing the lid?

[jzuetta]

When you say "lock" -- are you trying to lock, standby or hibernate? Does it take as long if you do it from Ctrl+Alt+Del rather than closing the lid?

When I meant "lock" means the screen that shows "locking your computer" which I can access it by Ctrl+Alt+Del.
If I close the lid, usually doesnt lock until I open it again. It goes to sleep before the computer locks.
This means double time waster...No w I have to wait another 3 minutes everytime I open the lid waitting for the computer to lock before I am able to lgin again....

[tomh009]

Ah ... you can change the lid closing action in Power Properties > Advanced, and set it to just lock rather than going into standby or hibernate. Hopefully that will do what you want.

[jzuetta]

Ah ... you can change the lid closing action in Power Properties > Advanced, and set it to just lock rather than going into standby or hibernate. Hopefully that will do what you want.

No such of option on Vista yet. I have hibernate, sleep or do nothing.
Anyway, I'd like to keep it to go to sleep when I close the lid, the problem is locking your computer takes for ever...

I was wondering if this is normal (for vista of course) or I have something wrong in my X60...

Vista users???!

[Boberro]

When I bought a X60s with preloaded Vista Business and 1 GB memory three weeks ago I was very surprised that my new computer was working much slower compared to my old Toshiba with 512 MB memory where I had Windows XP installed. It took ages to boot the system or shut down the computer. But since I upgraded it to 2 GB it has been running very smooth and I am very satisfied about its performance at the moment. And it changes to standby mode very quickly.

[jzuetta]

I have:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.0GHz, 4MB L2, 667MHz FSB)
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)

It cant be proc or ram...

[tomh009]

No such of option on Vista yet. I have hibernate, sleep or do nothing.
Anyway, I'd like to keep it to go to sleep when I close the lid, the problem is locking your computer takes for ever...

I'm still confused -- is it locking that takes a long time, or going to sleep?

[jgsx]

I can lock my Vista x60s within a couple seconds. Fn+F2, then click.

[jzuetta]

I'm still confused -- is it locking that takes a long time, or going to sleep?

Locking

[SFWrtr]

I recently did the initial startup and config of a friend's Toshiba Vista Home Premium laptop. After loading various stuff, FireFox, etc., I configured the hibernate and sleep functions. I saw no hibernate/standby speed problems, even compared with my Pentium 4M Dell laptop with XP SP2.

However, I have had issues from time to time with hibernate on many machines and many flavors of Windows OS. It has almost always been due to programs that were running when I "locked" the machine. (Okay, I did apply a MS hotfix last year...)

First test: reboot your machine, logon, wait for loading to complete (initial 2-3 minutes of disk light activity ends), then close your machine. If "locking" now works quickly, then it is something you are running after the system boots.

If it is still slow, the second test is to disable everything that you can on your system, including your virus checker. Type MSCONFIG on your start menu to run it, then disable everything non-MS. Reboot as above. Did that fix it? If it did, you need to test for the culprit which is probably a service.

If that's not it, is your disk nearly full? Does it need a defrag?

(Also try posting on the Vista forum as their are probably others bailing the same boat.)

Good luck!

[jzuetta]

I can lock my Vista x60s within a couple seconds. Fn+F2, then click.

Ok tried it. It took 1 minute 36 secs to lock.

This is ridiculous.

Something must be wrong here...

[jzuetta]

SFWrtr, thanks. I'll be running some tests tonight.

Good idea to post this on the Vista Forum. Maybe some Mod can move this thread there?

Thanks.

[berlin]

1 second here

lol

you should email this thread to the gods at wired magazine. it will make front page. they can't even install vista or xp without getting the blue screen.

[SFWrtr]

Hope you find the culprit in testing.

One last question definitely a Vista issue: Do you have a SD card or USB thumb drive set for ReadyBoost? If so, try removing it...

[jzuetta]

Hope you find the culprit in testing.

One last question definitely a Vista issue: Do you have a SD card or USB thumb drive set for ReadyBoost? If so, try removing it...

I am not using ReadyBoost. (Still trying to get U3 by SanDisk work which they still dont support Vista yet...3Q they will release an update, what a joke)

I couldnt test it last night. I'll keep u updated.