Reviews of BootRacer

1. 
   RWW

   Reviewing 3.0 (Dec 23, 2010)

   Talk about a waste of time!
2. 
   morrig

   Reviewing 3.0 Beta (Dec 17, 2010)

   This does as it says it's simple to use ,and tells what your real boot to use time and keep an eye on it?
3. 
   emanresU deriseD

   Reviewing 2.0 (Dec 2, 2009)

   Wow--what a bunch of stoneheads we have here. Let me make some points to you people:
   
   1. Resuming from standby is not "booting". And it's not a viable option for people who use full-disk encryption, because it's not secure (the encryption keys are stored in memory where they could be theoretically confiscated).
   
   2. Restarting is not the same as "booting". A VBS script that determines how long it takes to RESTART is not performing the same function as a utility that determines how long it takes to BOOT (or login).
   
   3. This utility does not claim to reduce boot times. It only claims to help determine boot times. The point is that you can change your system configuration, and determine whether it affected your boot time. (For example, by adding/removing/updating drivers, adding/removing/updating software, changing Windows configuration, etc.)
4. 
   CyberDoc999

   Reviewing 2.0 Beta (Sep 29, 2009)

   My Computer Boots up in 2 or 3 seconds
   because I use the suspend to ram feature
   (called sleep or s3)
5. 
   Psychlone

   Reviewing 2.0 Beta (Sep 29, 2009)

   This has been available for quite a long time in VBS format without a GUI.
   Now, if this program had a way of tracing the boot FILES and the time it takes to load them, then rearrange the files in the Prefetch or be able to cache them faster, then this program would be of some use.
   
   As of now, the GUI is the only difference from what's been around for years.
   
   Here's the code for the VBS file. Copy and paste it into a new Text document, save as (whatever file name) .VBS (making sure to change the file format to All Files)
   
   Option Explicit
   On Error Resume Next
   Dim Wsh, Time1, Time2, Result, PathFile, MsgResult, MsgA, AppName, KeyA, KeyB, TimeDiff
   MsgA = "Please close all running applications and click on OK."
   KeyA = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RestartTime\"
   KeyB = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RestartTime"
   AppName = "Restart-Time"
   Set Wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   PathFile = """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """"
   Result = wsh.RegRead(KeyA & "Times")
   if Result = "" then
   MsgResult = Msgbox (MsgA, vbOKCancel, AppName)
   If MsgResult = vbcancel then WScript.Quit
   Wsh.RegWrite KeyA & "Times", left(Time,8), "REG_SZ"
   Wsh.RegWrite KeyB, PathFile, "REG_SZ"
   Wsh.Run "cmd /c Shutdown -r -t 00", false, 0
   else
   Wsh.RegDelete KeyA & "Times"
   Wsh.RegDelete KeyA
   Wsh.RegDelete KeyB
   TimeDiff = DateDiff("s",Result,left(Time,8))
   MsgBox "Your computer restarts in " & TimeDiff & " seconds", VbInformation, AppName
   end if
   wscript.Quit
   
   Then, simply run it - it will restart your computer and tell you how fast it boots up.
   
   Sorry Greatis Software - this is **pointless** without the ability to actually FIX the boot time problems!

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