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Remove "Initializing intel Boot Agent" at PC startup

pierre8401 Posted messages 230 Status Membre -  
fabul Posted messages 42100 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -

Hello,

I just bought a second-hand desktop PC and I'm getting the following message at startup (HP Z230 Windows 10): "Initializing Intel (R) Boot Agent GE v1.4.03 PXE 2.1 Build 091 (WFM 2.0).

This operation slows down the PC startup.

I don't know much about computers but I've read that you can prevent this boot agent from running in the BIOS by changing its boot order, which causes delays at startup.

Thank you in advance for your help (and remember, I don't know much about computers but I'm still resourceful.

Best regards,

Pierre


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fabul Posted messages 42100 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   6 035
 

Hello,

I would advise you not to fiddle too much if you don't know what you're doing; otherwise, you can disable PXE in the BIOS.

Otherwise, do a Clear CMOS and update the BIOS if you have an old version, check in the Mainboard section of CPU-Z.

https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
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Kcaouette
 

Hi, if it's really very slow, it's probably a hardware issue, generally a corrupted disk system. You need to reinstall Windows or it might be at the end of its life, or the RAM might not be responding because the frequency set in the BIOS is not compatible. This was presumably fixed by the previous owner, so don't just trust how good it looks. A simple reset of the BIOS battery should reset the factory settings, check on Google how to do it.
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pierre8401 Posted messages 230 Status Membre 13
 

Thank you, fabul and Kcaouette, for your responses.

In fact, the startup is not very slowed down, but I'm trying to find out if we can skip this operation during startup, which takes about twelve seconds extra and shouldn't exist.

I had read (on the Intel site) that by accessing the BIOS boot, we could change the order of the startup operations and it seemed relatively simple.

Otherwise, the PC is working well.

I'm going to inform myself about Clear CMOS and CPU-Z.

Thanks again.

Best regards,

Pierre
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fabul Posted messages 42100 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   6 035
 

PXE Boot is like trying to boot over a PXE network or something like that.

Yes, the boot order is often set in the Boot section with the + and - layers.

You would need to access the BIOS first.

For HP, it's often F10.

Esc for the Boot Menu.

And on some PCs, Alt (I believe) + F10 for advanced options like disabling the Case Fan Check.
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