Some people just love devoting ten minutes every day at work to watch Windows starting up.
Nevertheless, if you belong to the working age group, then the below listed tips will certainly prove handy in speeding up the startup of Windows.
First thing, reduce the load from your slow Windows Vista.
Every time it starts, the system loads numerous programs.
For instance all the icons displayed at the bottom of screen, near the clock of your computer are auto-start programs.
Besides these, there may be many more programs on your PC that are autostart but don’t reveal 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. And since majority of them continue running in background, they reduce the systems performance.
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.
MS Windows Vista users need to select Start, then Control Panel and then System. In the section of Tasks given on the right side of the Window, select System Protection. Then click Create at windows bottom in the System Property Box that appears.
For XP users, the steps involve: select Start, type msconfig and press [Enter]. In case of Vista, select Start, key in msconfig into the Search box, and hit Enter key.
As you click on the Startup tab, a list of autoloading programs will be displayed. Each program will show a check box. You click on uncheck an item and the program will not be loaded at the start up.
Pick your Autoloading Apps. Select the applications you need to leave checked so that they continue to autoload.
First and the most important thing is that you would never want your PC to run without the protetion of firewall, antivirus and other security programs.
Its true that these applications slow the boot-up and shutdown times of your PC and can even lead to conflicts, but to stop them from running could result in even more dire consequences.
Similarly, for other applications, your own judgment will be crucial. While selecting the program, dont ask if this program is good instead ask do you need this program all the 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. You will notice Windows loading with an extremely lengthy message box appear to be an error message.
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.