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title: "Boot Time Alarms"
slug: "boot-time-alarms"
description: "Configure SysTrack alarms that trigger when a boot phase, such as group policy or profile processing, takes as long as its Red Limit or longer."
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-26T15:13:57Z
published: 2026-10-26T15:13:57Z
canonical: "documentation.lakesidesoftware.com/boot-time-alarms"
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# Boot Time Alarms

Using this category, you can configure alarms for a set of boot time metrics. For enabled alarms, an alarm will be triggered if the amount of time taken to complete the boot task is at or above the specified limit. Boot Time alarms have only a **Red Limit**, in milliseconds. The SysTrack Agent raises one Red alarm per boot for each alarm whose limit is reached.

The **Boot Time** category is on the **Alarms** tab of a role (**Configure** > **System Configuration** > **Roles**). To turn these alarms on and change their **Red Limit** values and profiles, see [Configure Alarms in a Role](/documentation/docs/configure-alarms-in-a-role).

For a description of the boot phases that these alarms measure, see [Understanding Boot and Logon Performance](/documentation/docs/understanding-boot-and-logon-performance).

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## Boot Time Alarms and Defaults

The **Boot Time** category has these alarms. The **Default** column shows the factory values. A role can change them.

| Alarm | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boot Time (ms) | Monitors the total amount of time (in milliseconds) that elapses between the time the animated Windows logo first appears on the screen and the time you can actually begin using the system. | Off. Red 240000 ms. |
| Group Policy Time (ms) | Monitors the amount of time (in milliseconds) that it takes to complete group policy processing during system boot. | Off. Red 30000 ms. |
| Main Path Boot Time (ms) | Monitors the amount of time (in milliseconds) that elapses between the time the animated Windows logo first appears on the screen and the time that the desktop appears. At this point, Windows still runs startup tasks in the background, so the system is not fully usable yet. | Off. Red 120000 ms. |
| Post Boot Time (ms) | Monitors the amount of time (in milliseconds) that elapses between the time that the desktop appears and the time that you can actually begin using the system. | Off. Red 120000 ms. |
| Profile Process Time (ms) | Monitors the amount of time (in milliseconds) it takes to complete user profile processing during system boot. | Off. Red 90000 ms. |

> [!NOTE]
> **NOTE**: Windows Fast Startup can keep SysTrack from capturing all boot activity. SysTrack recommends that you disable Fast Startup. See [Disable Fast Startup](/documentation/docs/disable-fast-startup).