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Troubleshooting Startup and Shutdown Sequences with Sysinternals Tools

Sysinternals tools are a great way to troubleshoot issues related to slow boot times and logons. This course teaches you how the Windows OS boot and logon sequences work and how you can monitor and troubleshoot related issues with Sysinternals tools.

Beginner
58m
(25)

Created by Sami Laiho

Last Updated Dec 03, 2025

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Troubleshooting Startup and Shutdown Sequences with Sysinternals Tools

Sysinternals tools are a great way to troubleshoot issues related to slow boot times and logons. This course teaches you how the Windows OS boot and logon sequences work and how you can monitor and troubleshoot related issues with Sysinternals tools.

Beginner
58m
(25)

Created by Sami Laiho

Last Updated Dec 03, 2025

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To understand how to troubleshoot problems related to slow boot times or logons, you need to understand how the operating system actually gets started on a PC. In this course, Troubleshooting Startup and Shutdown Sequences with Sysinternals Tools, you will learn how the boot sequence on a PC works and how to use Sysinternals to solve issues relating to boot, logon, logoff, or shutdown sequences. First, you will discover how the OS really starts on a PC. Next, you will explore how a user logon really works. Finally, you will learn how to analyze why a boot or a logon is slow on your computer. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to troubleshoot problems related to non-working or slow startups and logons with Sysinternals tools.

Troubleshooting Startup and Shutdown Sequences with Sysinternals Tools
Beginner
58m
(25)
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Sami Laiho is one of the world's top experts in Windows OS and Security. Sami specializes in OS internals, troubleshooting, management, and security.

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