Guys, what tweaks can I do to reduce the time my Windows 8 needs to boot faster? I'm at 100 seconds at the moment.
Do you have App Readiness checked in msconfig "Services"? Or, enabled in Administrative Tools > Services? If so, try disabling it in Administrative Tools >Services" or unchecking it in msconfig "Services", and then reboot. One of my pc's takes 120 seconds to reboot when App Readiness is enabled, but only 5 seconds with it disabled. I can't find a reason why this works, but it's easy and worth a try.
PS - if this works for you, there is one thing you must remember. If a Windows Update requires a restart, you must enable App Readiness before restarting, for the update to install properly. After reboot for the update, you will have to disable App Readiness Service again for the the pc to resume the faster boot.