How to collect a good boot trace on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 using WPR.

Applies to:

Windows Server 1709

Windows 10 1709

Windows 10 1703

Does not work on built-in WPR.exe:

Windows Server 2016

Note:  Doesn’t not have the -onoffscenario option

Windows 10 1607

Note:  Doesn’t not have the -onoffscenario option

I had gone through how to capture a boot and logon trace using the GUI (WPRUI) in the following blog post:

How to collect a good boot trace on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 using WPRUI.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/yongrhee/2017/10/10/how-to-collect-a-good-boot-trace-on-windows-10-or-windows-server-2016-using-wprui/

In this post, we are going to go through the built-in WPR.exe process that I had mentioned:

Windows Performance Recorder (WPR.exe) now inbox in Windows 10.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/yongrhee/2015/08/04/windows-performance-recorder-wpr-exe-now-inbox-in-windows-10/

Combining WPR.exe and the boot and logon:

Start, CMD (Run As Admin)

wpr.exe -start CPU -start DiskIO -start FileIO -start Registry -start Network -start Minifilter -onoffscenario boot -onoffresultspath c:temp -onoffproblemdescription SlowBootSlowLogon -numiterations 1

<Reboots the machine>

Login as soon as possible

wpr.exe -stop c:temp%computername%_slow_boot_slow_logon.etl

View the output .etl trace in WPA.exe (Windows Performance Analyzer).

Yong