Labview runtime - slow pc start up

Question

I have LabView 2012 installed and i am using this from a third party developer to run another .exe program. 
We use the program to predict scaling tendency of water....generates graphs and dosing calculations etc for our products.
The program does not call on any  .net framework
The 3rd party program is stand alone and does not call on any other.
The problem i have is that i am getting a delayed pc start up of ~20 mins, howevwer, i can bypass this if i switch OFF the wifi key before the windows logo starts. If i switch off the wifi the pc starts up within a few minutes.
If i uninstall NI runtime the problem goes away and computer starts up fine. Which is why i think it is Labview related? Is Labview trying to make some kind of connection at pc start up ?

Answer 1

Hi Max,
That is very strange, I'd like to find out exactly what processes are slowing down your start-up so much, for this I think we'll need to go back to the Windows Event Viewer. Could you please try the following steps and let me know what you find?
- Open Event Viewer (Control Panel -> Admin. Tools -> Event Viewier)
- Expand Applications and Services Logs -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Diagnostics / Performance -> Operational.
- Here you should see a log of recorded Windows events. Please sort by "Task Category" to look at "Boot Performance Monitoring".
- All of the events are dated, so look for ones that occurred only when your start-up was slow.
- You should be looking for errors/criticals, but it might be worth checking some warnings too.
- When you select an event, you will see some information below. Look for events with a long 'total time' - as you said start up was taking anywhere up to 20 mins (!!) you should see at least some events with VERY long durations.
Please could you record any that you feel seem unreasonably long (generally, any one event that takes longer than around 10 seconds should be worth noting).
Please let me know if you find anything abnormal.
Best regards,
Eden S
Applications Engineer
National Instruments UK & Ireland