http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5547783/rsscomment/5547783en-USSun, 27 May 2012 06:20:57 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 06:20:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/3-steps-to-troubleshooting-device-drivers#commentsAnchorThu, 25 Sep 2008 16:06:27 GMT
I found this article great. I have already used its infomration just to have a look at driver processes. I have another similar problem but it occurs before login, or even before the login screen is available. How do you test for slowdowns and slow bootups in those situations. What tools can you use. I have already used MSConfig and other similar programs to eliminate processes from the startup, but there is still a slowdown.]]>ALFREDThu, 25 Sep 2008 16:06:27 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/3-steps-to-troubleshooting-device-drivers#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/3-steps-to-troubleshooting-device-drivers#commentsAnchorThu, 31 Jul 2008 15:57:57 GMT
OK. What if I wanted to purge my Win XP PC of possible corrupt drivers? If I uninstall the software that comes with the drivers, remnants of the possibly corrupt drivers are left behind.]]>ebraiter@videotron.ca Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:57:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/3-steps-to-troubleshooting-device-drivers#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/3-steps-to-troubleshooting-device-drivers#commentsAnchorThu, 31 Jul 2008 15:30:07 GMT
>> “Results for Kernel Mode” section, the problematic driver is intelppm, the Intel processor driver that’s part of the OS load << Some discussion on this: "amdk8.sys and intelppm.sys" @ http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14388]]>EThu, 31 Jul 2008 15:30:07 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/3-steps-to-troubleshooting-device-drivers#commentsAnchor