Time boot & perform a Boot Trace in Windows
To get started you need the Windows Performance Tools Kit. Sadly Microsoft removed the stand-alone installer from the download. To get the installer, you have to install the Windows SDK for your version of Windows – it could be Windows 10 SDK, Windows 8 SDK or Windows 7 SDK. Make sure to just select the Win32 Development Tools or I promise you, you’ll be waiting for a long time for it to download and install (I found out the hard way not paying attention). Now go to the path C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0\bin and look for the 3 files:
wpt_ia64.msi, if you’re running an Itanium Windowswpt_x64.msi, if you run a 64Bit Windowswpt_x86.msi, if you run a 32Bit Windows
Now open an elevated command prompt and run the following commands: For boot tracing: For shutdown tracing: For Standby+Resume: For Hibernate+Resume: replace C:\TEMP with any temp directory on your machine as necessary to store the output files All of these will shut down, hibernate, or standby your box, and then reboot to finish tracing. Once Windows reboots, log back in as necessary, and once the countdown timer finishes, you should now have some tracing files in C:\TEMP. If asked, upload or provide the file(s) generated in C:\TEMP (or the directory you chose) on a download share for analysis. To view information open the Performance Analyzer Trace File. That’s it!
