Applies to: managed staff PCs
Your PC goes through a number of stages during start-up. Typical start-up times for each stage are shown below. If your PC is regularly much slower than this then you have a slow start-up issue that should be investigated.
Stage |
Desktop PC |
Laptop PC |
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Power On |
0s |
0s |
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Login screen |
30s |
1m30s |
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Start menu visible |
45s |
2m |
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Apps open |
1m30s |
3m30s |
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Note that during the first 5 to 10 minutes after start-up your PC may also need to install critical security updates for Sophos and your installed apps. These will normally run in the background without impacting your use significantly, unless you open one of the apps that is being updated.
Use the solutions below to confirm whether your PC is affected, and check/fix some common issues.