how do I make Window 7 boot faster?

Tattooed · 4 Jan 2010 at 15:46

Hi,
Windows 7 is taking ages to boot. how do I make boot faster?

Digitalle · 4 Jan 2010 at 15:51

can you give a better idea of 'ages'?

and also what particular part of the boot is it slow? Post? Splash Screen? Desktop?

xyphox · 4 Jan 2010 at 15:51

Tattooed · 4 Jan 2010 at 16:03

From when the laptop boots to the desktop it takes 107seconds. Is there any way to speed things up a bit?

BeeP · 4 Jan 2010 at 16:04

What spec is the lappy, what drives etc.

swinnie · 4 Jan 2010 at 16:08

Go to Start > and type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and hit enter, and show us the "Start Up" tab - we can then tell you what startup applications can be disabled.

theheyes · 4 Jan 2010 at 16:26

Digitalle said:
can you give a better idea of 'ages'?

and also what particular part of the boot is it slow? Post? Splash Screen? Desktop?

I second this - if it's before login it could be a hardware problem, if it's after login it's probably just too many startup items.

Plus, 1 minute 47 seconds isn't that bad in the scheme of things.

Juniper · 4 Jan 2010 at 16:33

You could try going into msconfig and the startup tab, hiding all of the Microsoft services and then disabling everything else that's left and restarting. That should give you an indication of whether it's an application(s) causing the delay.

Tattooed · 4 Jan 2010 at 16:33

robgmun · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:09

you can rid of java quicktime and itunes for a start

swinnie · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:19

Tattooed said:

I would disable -

Java
Quicktime
iTunes
msnmessenger (Although, I would open the application, and go to Tools > Options > Sign In and disable it that way - had an issue once, quick work around)

I've also found ZoneAlarm to do more harm than good. I'm perfectly happy with the built in Windows firewall and my routers firewall.

TbirdX · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:25

Also in msconfig, under the 'boot' tab > 'advanced options' set the amount of processors to however many you have

Jynmagic · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:35

theheyes said:
I second this - if it's before login it could be a hardware problem, if it's after login it's probably just too many startup items.

Plus, 1 minute 47 seconds isn't that bad in the scheme of things.

That's pretty bad tbh. Try disabling start up programs like others have said.

86JR · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:39

TbirdX said:
Also in msconfig, under the 'boot' tab > 'advanced options' set the amount of processors to however many you have

Does that mean processors or cores though ?

theheyes · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:44

twoblacklines said:
Does that mean processors or cores though ?

It's a myth apparently anyway.

V4NT0M · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:44

Best solution for bad laptop boot time... Don't shut it down.

NeoVo · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:46

Dont forget that often laptop hard drives when purchased come with 5400 rpm hard disk drives. That wont be helping boot times.

TbirdX · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:49

theheyes said:
It's a myth apparently anyway.

I have to say, I didn't notice much difference tbh but then I've never timed it either

reflux · 4 Jan 2010 at 17:53

TbirdX said:
Also in msconfig, under the 'boot' tab > 'advanced options' set the amount of processors to however many you have

This option is for troubleshooting faulty cores and doesn't have any positive effect on system performance.

Destination · 4 Jan 2010 at 18:16

Uninstall AVG and spybot, and install MSE.
Dump zonealarm work with windows firewall.

Remove AVG and retsrat twice, then time a boot, it'll likely shave a fair bit, not as much as pammy shaves, but a fair bit none-the-less.