Boot time quite long

[SJW_70]

Hello,

I have a powerful HP Z4G4 with the following CPU, RAM and video card:

• Intel Core i9-10920X CPU
• 32 GB RAM
• NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

I expected it would boot very quickly. However, it takes 52 seconds before the Windows logon screen appears. Until then it displays "Protected by HP Sure Start".

• Is this normal behavior?
• Is HP Sure Start taking 52 seconds?
• Is HP Sure Start related to HP Wolf Security or are these different solutions for different purposes?

Thanks in advance!

sjw

[BeemerBiker · Accepted solution]

"Sure Start" checks the bios to see if it has been tampered with.  Your 52 seconds is not that bad as I read complaints of up to 6 minutes to boot when googling.

If you are in a secure environment you can disable sure start.  If your system is part of a network and the network manager has set group policy to use "Sure Start" then I recommend you simply put your workstation to sleep or let it hibernate instead of turning it off.

[edit] Booting from an M.2 SSD can make a huge difference in speed

[SJW_70]

Thanks a lot!

To be honest, the 52 seconds is not a real problem for me, but I was worried something was wrong with my hardware (because my old PC with lower specs is booting much faster). Now that I know it's normal I will accept the 52 seconds without complaints!

Another reason I was a bit worried is because my PC sometimes becomes really slow when I run a Norton Full System scan. I think it has something to do with conflicts between HP Wolf Security and Norton, but that's just a guess.

Do you know if HP Sure Start and HP Wolf Security are part of the same suite?

Thanks again!

[BeemerBiker]

It is part of same suite as it is listed in below picture

https://wolfsecurity-business.com/hp-wolf-security/

Wolf is designed to replace legacy anti-virus according to documentation

Legacy anti-virus would include McAfee, Norton, etc

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A: HP Wolf Pro Security includes next-generation antivirus tool intended to replace the customer's legacy antivirus solution. For it to run effectively, customers must remove their legacy antivirus solution and use HP Wolf Pro Security's next-generation antivirus as their exclusive antivirus tool.

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Using norton with wolf will slow down system.  There could even be 30 second timeouts if  both antivirus attempt to scan the same file at the same time.

I once checked my Event Viewer and discovered dozen of timeouts due to McAfee and Defender both running but that was my fault as I had enabled Defender not knowing about Dell's McAfee being installed.