Windows On/Off Transition Performance Analysis

About This Download

This paper explains the Windows on/off transitions in detail, highlights performance vulnerabilities within each transition, and shows how to identify and analyze these issues by using the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT). The guidance in this paper can help significantly reduce on/off transition times.

This paper is intended to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), independent software vendors (ISVs), independent hardware vendors (IHVs), and systems analysts improve system response times.

This information applies to the following operating systems:
Windows 7
Windows Vista

What's New

• Updated Figure 11; minor fixes to Figures 4-13; updated the disclaimer; fixed a typo; updated WHDC URLs.

Included in this paper:

• Windows On/Off Transitions

• Measuring On/Off Transition Performance

• Performance Analysis Overview

• Boot Transition

• Sleep and Hibernate Transitions

• Shutdown Transition