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Anonymous
2016-07-17T00:06:47+00:00

while trying to figure out why my system is suddenly taking a very noticeable longer amount of time to connect to the internet, I stumbled across "event viewer". I am far from being an expert. I clicked on administrative event viewer. It shows over 9,000 errors FOR TODAY. Again, I know just enough about the computer system, to screw it up, attempting something I know nothing about. Can I get help from this site?

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Anonymous
2016-07-18T06:47:58+00:00

I would not consider 9,000 errors in one day to be normal but I am not a MVP.

On my system every startup/shutdown cycle I have 3 errors and 2 warnings (Errors and Warnings are not the same) and they are the same every time:

Since I've looked into the Errors I know they come from attempts by the system to get a network address when other things on the system are not quite ready yet (since the system is still coming up and not quite "ready").  Then those operations repeat and when things are ready the system succeeds in getting a network address and all is good for the rest of the day - no more errors or warnings for the entire day.  The warnings are when the system is shutting down and Services are being stopped.  There is probably not much I can do to "fix" those but since I understand what they mean and I don't have any more during the day they do not concern me - I know what they mean.

No event in the Event Viewer log should defy explanation and it could be that some of them could be ignored.  I only have 3,673 Administrative Events for the last 7 months (lots and lots and lots of restarts) and you have 9000 a day and don't think it is an indication that something might not be quite right?

I don't see how anybody can say that your events can be ignored without knowing what they are unless one is just in the habit of ignoring events.  I would not be able to stand or tolerate 9000 events in one day.

You have learned that unchecking the yellow "File not found" items shown in Autoruns will not make your system run faster.  Since they are just references to a path/file/folder on your system that no longer exists there is nothing for them to do so nothing will happen that can consume any time.  And you might see them again the next time you restart your system.

The pink/red entries in Autoruns are usually things from third party programs that the publisher did not bother to digitally sign...  the Description and Publisher fields are usually empty - probably not a problem.

For startup issues the best place to look in Autoruns is the Logon tab since that is where your startup items are going to be and from there you can methodically uncheck things, restart your system and see how things look:

If your system is just slow starting up and then runs satisfactorily the rest of the time you should look at all of your startup items and the chances are very good that there are many things that can be disabled - at least for testing.

I would be sure to make a System Restore point (to be safe) before you make any permanent changes so in case things get worse, you can undo the changes and start over with your troubleshooting.

Some folks like to use the built in msconfig program to see what their startup items are and then disable the ones they might not need.

Here is what the Startup tab in msconfig looks like on my system:

I don't have any startup items to worry about but you may have some that you need/want and nobody can tell you what you might be able to eliminate without seeing a list.

I'm not a Microsoft MVP but if I had even 9 Administrative Event errors a day I would be tracking them down, coming up with an explanation,figuring out what they mean and making an effort to fix them if I could.

I would not consider 9000, tens of thousands or millions of errors a day in any way to be normal.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-18T00:05:42+00:00

    Those are not errors, they are event logs and most are benign and should be ignored, even if the event type is "error".  Tens of thousands or millions of them happen every day on your computer, and they are not cause for alarm.  If you have a question about one, let us know what it says and we can explain.

    You can use a tool like Microsoft Autoruns for Windows to see a full listing of everything that automatically runs when you login, and easily uncheck mark them to turn them off if you suspect one is causing a delay.  

    okay, with a sick feeling in my stomach that I was making a mistake, I did the AUTORUNS thing, unchecking some highlighted "no file found" items, and "creative labs" entries that were for an interface to SOUNDBLASTER soundcard, stuff I have been unable to use for years. I did a restart. No change, still dragging its feet getting started.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-17T17:05:15+00:00

    Those are not errors, they are event logs and most are benign and should be ignored, even if the event type is "error".  Tens of thousands or millions of them happen every day on your computer, and they are not cause for alarm.  If you have a question about one, let us know what it says and we can explain.

    You can use a tool like Microsoft Autoruns for Windows to see a full listing of everything that automatically runs when you login, and easily uncheck mark them to turn them off if you suspect one is causing a delay.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-17T16:53:04+00:00

    Those messages are normal, don't let them alarm you.  Scam artists frequently call people, point to these normal logs, and use it as bait to trick people into paying them to "fix it". It's a huge scam, so everyone needs to be aware that these messages are completely normal.

    Let's just examine what's happening.  Does every webpage you load take longer than it should?  Or is it only the first-time connection that is slow?

    When I initially log on, it is taking, 2-3 minutes to finally complete whatever it is doing. I've done system restore, with no change. I've run malware and spyware, zip. It's just annoying to sit and watch nothing happening. I'm sure there is a fix, I just don't what it is. 9,000 errors in one day is normal?

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-17T00:42:38+00:00

    Those messages are normal, don't let them alarm you.  Scam artists frequently call people, point to these normal logs, and use it as bait to trick people into paying them to "fix it". It's a huge scam, so everyone needs to be aware that these messages are completely normal.  If you post back an example or two we can investigate.

    Let's just examine what's happening.  Does every webpage you load take longer than it should?  Or is it only the first-time connection that is slow?

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