Some People Just Enjoy Devoting Ten Minutes to Watch Windows Starting
Some people just love devoting ten minutes every day at work to watch Windows starting up.
But if you wish to overcome this hassle, the tips given below will help you to start Windows much faster and quickly.
Firstly, reduce the load on your slow PC.
Generally, a PC loads several programs at the time of start.
All the icons you see in your system tray, i.e. the area adjacent to the clock, depict autostart programs.
Also, there are undoubtedly some other programs on your system which automatically start but its not easy to sense their presence.
It is noteworthy that an autoloading program slows your PCs boot time, with the only difference that some affect it a little while others affect it heavily. Moreover, as most of these continue running in background, they deteriorate systems performance also.
Before starting the process of eliminating autoloaders, it is essential to ascertain that you can undo the changes. After creating the restore point, Click Close.
Windows Vista users need to select Start, then Control Panel and then System. Click System Protection under Tasks, which in on windows right side. Then you will see the System Properties dialog box on your screen, from which you have to select Create at the bottom of the window.
If you are an XP user, then select the Start button, click on Run, type msconfig and press Enter button. If your system is running Vista, then press Start button, type msconfig in the Search box and press Enter.
Now click on the Startup tab. A list of all the autoloading programs, each having a checkbox, will be displayed. You click on uncheck an item and the program will not be loaded at the start up.
You have to select your Autoloading programs. Select the applications you need to leave checked so that they continue to autoload.
Among the programs, first comes your antivirus, firewall and other security applications that should be checked.
Although these programs slowdown the speed of your computer and even cause conflicts, they could lead to high cost if blocked from running while using the system.
Similarly, for other applications, your own judgment will be crucial. The question is not regarding a program being good or bad, its about if it is required to be on all time.
After identifying and unchecking the programs that are not required to autoload at the systems startup, you have to click OK and reboot the system. A wordy message box will appear on the Windows and gives an impression that an error message has emerged.
Check the box displaying Dont show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts, and then click OK. However, the wording will be different in case of Vista.