How long does your PC take to boot up?
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About 90 seconds, but then I have steam run on boot up which slows things down.
run 'msconfig' from a command line, and start unticking the things you don't need from startup - that'll speed it up.
run 'msconfig' from a command line, and start unticking the things you don't need from startup - that'll speed it up.
I did that 4 weeks ago! I have Norton Anti-Virus installed which i think really slows things down!
Can i then start a programme manually if it doesn't load at start-up?
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Yes you can.
Also check here out. There are a lot of Microsoft Services that you can disable safely that will also help speed up your pc not only on boot times but on performance also.
Yeah, it really does. Removed Norton from a friend's machine arround 1 month ago (bleeding thing deleted some of my files on my external hard drive
) and put Kaspersky on, my god the load up times improved (but in the process of removing Norton, it killed the internet )
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A topic dear to my heart at the moment.
Last weekend, I thoroughly cleaned up my startups, including stuff hidden away in the registry and reduced my start up from 5 mins to 2.5 mins. Still way too long in my view. The only start up processes are ATI tool and Speedfan which I need to manage my GFX and CPU fans.
The actual load to the Windows is pretty fast now, although all I see is the wallpaper and the toolbar at the bottom with the above processes, Avast and the internet icon loading up, but no icons on the desktop. Then there is a period of about a minute when nothing seems to happen, then the icons appear. Anyone have any ideas what's happening in background during that time?
Last weekend, I thoroughly cleaned up my startups, including stuff hidden away in the registry and reduced my start up from 5 mins to 2.5 mins. Still way too long in my view. The only start up processes are ATI tool and Speedfan which I need to manage my GFX and CPU fans.
The actual load to the Windows is pretty fast now, although all I see is the wallpaper and the toolbar at the bottom with the above processes, Avast and the internet icon loading up, but no icons on the desktop. Then there is a period of about a minute when nothing seems to happen, then the icons appear. Anyone have any ideas what's happening in background during that time?
On a cold boot it takes me 51 seconds (yes i timed it) from pressing the power button to Vista loading all my taskbar programs.
On start up i have Steam, X-Fire, Logitech setpoint and fraps loading.
Oh and thats with me entering my password aswell.
On start up i have Steam, X-Fire, Logitech setpoint and fraps loading.
Oh and thats with me entering my password aswell.
is your password "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" by any chance?
Damn you, how the hell did you know that [checks room for hidden cameras].
2 seconds or lower
set your computers to standby, if you have correctly setup sleep state S3 it means everything in your computer turns off apart from the ram. so it is using very little power.
then when you hit the keyboard, its almost instantly on, best bit is you can stndby and everything on your screen stays there. for example you could have 10 web pages and a excel sheet up, go to standby and come back in two hours, hit the keyboard and its all back up
set your computers to standby, if you have correctly setup sleep state S3 it means everything in your computer turns off apart from the ram. so it is using very little power.
then when you hit the keyboard, its almost instantly on, best bit is you can stndby and everything on your screen stays there. for example you could have 10 web pages and a excel sheet up, go to standby and come back in two hours, hit the keyboard and its all back up
I have to say that mine is the same... I hate installing things that slow my start up
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Yes, tis works well in Vista, but I find the XP hibernation does not work so well. Will be going to Vista soon. That said, I like to keep my PC tip top, and I just feel that having loads of useless processes running is a bit sloppy. Just me being an*l
If your unsure as to what services to disable in msconfig it is better to use services.msc to disable what you need from there.
The reason being is that you may disable something on msconfig that relies on a hardware profile whereas in services.msc you cannot do that.
The reason being is that you may disable something on msconfig that relies on a hardware profile whereas in services.msc you cannot do that.
takes just over a minute on my system from beep to usable windowsxp, tweaked the hell out of it, msconfig/services/bootvis and its made no change at all 
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m8 has a similar system and it boots to usable in 30 seconds
.m8 has a similar system and it boots to usable in 30 seconds