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I have been using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit in my Dell Inspiron 620s (Intel Pentium Dual core, 2GB DDR3 RAM). My PC used to take a long time to login and it’s only for my admin account; other user account works well.
Then I found out that the slow login was due to the wallpaper I used; I used a simple, black solid color wallpaper available on the system. But when I changed it to something else, my PC became fast.
I just want to know why it is so?
RogUE
Posted 2015-03-08T02:32:45.687
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button, type regedit in the Search programs and files box, and then press ENTER.
Can you post or provide details on the wallpaper? It could be that the filesize of the image is much larger than required for a simple wallpaper or the file format is one that Windows has issues with. – JakeGould – 2015-03-08T02:39:26.407
@JakeGould Go to "Desktop Background" in"Personalisation", select "Solid Colours" as "Picture Location", and select the "Black colour", it was the wallpaper I used. – RogUE – 2015-03-08T02:44:16.313
So what was the problematic wallpaper? The black colored wallpaper? Or something else? I edited your question for readability because as it stands, it makes little sense. – JakeGould – 2015-03-08T02:45:50.007
@JakeGould I didn't approved the edit I hope, it is confusing about the wallpaper which causes the problem. Actually the walpaper causing the problem is "Black Solid Colour". – RogUE – 2015-03-08T02:48:30.583
There is no logical reason why a color only desktop would cause a problem, that style was used in way earlier desktops, that and simple patterns. There are though some specalty colors that have been used/are recognised as transparency, like 100% majenta has had some interesting effects in earlier windows versions. So I would wonder if something that is the tiniest bit off from full 0,0,0 black would change anything? Try a R02 G01 B03 in the More.. Are all solids causing the problem? Easy enough to use a black exact resolution picture , and make sure that tiling is set to center, or fill. – Psycogeek – 2015-03-08T03:59:15.543
@Psycogeek I too was wondering about this, but it is tru. I do not know about the other solid colours because I haven't used them( I use black to lower the eye strain). But, if I put a black image created in an image editor, it works well. – RogUE – 2015-03-08T04:31:23.527
capture 2 boot traces (http://pastebin.com/CYGqRZXE), 1 with a wallpaper and 1 without a wallpaper ad share them (compressed as 7z/RAR to reduce the size). I'll compare them and look if I can find the cause of the difference.
– magicandre1981 – 2015-03-08T08:32:17.140I've experienced the same but in a domain environment. Solid colours vs. wallpaper. Solid colour increased our logon times incredibly. The way we got around this was to use a small .jpg of our desired colour and set the wallpaper to stretch so it fits all screen resolutions. Logon time is much better. – Kinnectus – 2015-03-08T10:34:40.160
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@BigChris there was a bug in the RTM, which was fixed via a hotfix, so this should be fixed in Windows 7 Sp1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977346/en-US
– magicandre1981 – 2015-03-08T18:54:05.487have you captured the 2 traces? – magicandre1981 – 2015-03-14T08:51:42.853
@magicandre1981 I do not want to install a third party software for this purpose, is there any windows alternative? Besides, I have changed the wallpaper and the problem no longer exists. – RogUE – 2015-03-14T12:30:30.710
this is no 3rd party tool, it is from Microsoft which Microsoft internally uses to trace Windows to make it faster. – magicandre1981 – 2015-03-14T19:02:33.643