Try my batch script: Restart-Time.bat
See whether it works fine at your end.
If my batch version works fine on other members' Windows, I will ask Brink let me write a new tutorial here like the one on SevenForums. The old version there was written almost 13 years ago. It is time to have a new one here.
Well! First: really appreciate refreshing this utility! OK. After disabling my script blocker, I ran BootRacer again, twice. Edit: One snip was too late but the numbers were very very close.
OK. Next, I ran the batch file also twice, for consistency's sake. Since there was such a repeatable discrepancy between the two utilities, I counted 1-one thousand, two-one thousand alongside the second run of the batch file. I stopped counting at 23-one thousand when the blue box appeared.
So, I dunno. I would LOVE to believe BootRacer and my counting ability but will accept the verdict of the batch file once it's deemed the timing is accurate. The only thing: the original vbs I ran was 32 sec., a touch faster than this .bat. Again, I was trying to measure any improvements with an updated firmware to my 980 Pro without any subjectiveness.
Isn't the SmartScreen generally looking at valid digital signatures? I have many files I download that are blocked, but are signed correctly and SmartScreen never pops up, only when it can't verify the publisher.
I like and use when necessary the context menu option in Shawn's Tut. Never could figure out why someone would take a lot extra effort to use Powershell to unblock a single file when you are right there looking at it. Choice for the sake of choice, I guess.
@Bree, and @plat,
Restart-Time [2].bat
I have modified the code in above version 2. Please see whether the restart time is shorter.
GIGABYTE GA-H81M-DS2
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
6.00 GB DDR3-1333 RAM
Seagate Barracuda HDD
64-bit Windows 10 Home 20H2 with all third-party apps disabled
Defragmentation by Auslogics Disk Defrag
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