Windows 11 Lengthy Boot

Ok - I'll look at that. I kinda lost track of the fact that if I pull out he ethernet cable my problem disappears. So - definitely related to network related activities and processes. The 73 second pulse, both the exact timing and the length of time in between seems important - but I don't why, and I an imagine even if other people experience something like this the timing would vary. So doing a search on 73 second performance pulses probably isn't going to get me anywhere.

I'll check out the ping thing.

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Could be ping spikes which we see in Ethernet connections on Windows 10 and 11:

https://thegeekpage.com/ping-spikes-in-windows-...

https://internet-access-guide.com/ethernet-lag-...

https://conscioushacker.io/ethernet-lag-spikes/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GeForceNOW/comments/w8...

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comment...

https://windowsreport.com/ethernet-spiking-task...

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The link to process explorer info brings me to an index page by first letter of the blog as far as I can tell. I don't know what to look for.

Boot trace - what would I be looking for there? I could be wrong but this issue doesn't seem like a boot problem.

Also I believe that the ethernet stuff is a result of whatever else is going on and not the cause given that everything checked out with the card and driver.

A system or event trace might be useful to someone, but I don't have the expertise to know how to use it or what to even look for. I think we're running out of ideas and options.

In the PE info I saved I notice there was an RTSS third party process that was invoked via dllhost.dll during the event. But I think it was a victim as well because I removed it and the freeze still happens. Also the dllhost initiation for that has gone away as a result of the removal. I think the main reason for looking at dllhost in the first place was to make sure it was in the correct location and not a virus.

I updated the ethernet driver, and checked for bloatware - nothing there. I also looked at the links you provided and they are either not pertinent to this situation or I've done them already.

In looking at the Ethernet utilization on TM I noticed an interesting pattern as shown below. The downward spike of send and the upward spike of receive overlap. Also you can see the spike downward in GPU simultaneously and that the upward spike in receive happens just prior to that. Hard to know what is cause and effect, and I can't determine the exact sequence and timing of the various pieces we're observed; cpu threads spikes up, GPU down, Ethernet both. If we could get exact timing we might find out more about the cause and effect piece.

So we have a lot of observation

There are good guides for using Process Monitor and doing a Boot Trace here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007...

https://illuminati.services/2021/03/10/how-to-c... (work the same for Windows 11)

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