Need a good Start up cleaner because...

Magoo · 26 Feb 2006 at 11:36

For the last few weeks my computer takes ages to load after the welcome screen. The desktop loads, but no icons appear for a couple of minutes... something is taking ages to load.. what is the best way of sorting this out safely?

Many thanks Magoo

UKDTweak · 26 Feb 2006 at 11:39

Click Sart/Run and type msconfig select Diagnostic startup and then apply and reboot, this will make windows not load the normal start up item, all you need then do is run it again and turn on one item, reboot and repeat until you get the slowdown again, this should reveal the source, or try downloading and running microsoft bootvis.

Greenlizard0 · 26 Feb 2006 at 13:45

CC cleaner has a startup editor which i've found pretty useful for stopping programs I rarely use loading up.

Shining · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:30

i have this problem too sometimes...however i've tweaked my startup entries down to only those i really do need on bootup, but the problem still persists.
Heres my entries.

ATI Catalyst CLI.exe (i believe this is required for the CCC to run)
Razor Tray (this is my razor mouse tray icon)
Microsoft Activesync (probably what is causing the slowdowns but i need it for my PDA)
Microsoft Tweak UI (for various tweaks...mostly no startup passowrd)
Objectdock Launch
Creative Volume Tab
Microsoft Windows Defender

GuruJockStrap · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:52

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Thats what I use. Great program.

GuruJockStrap · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:57

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2495

Use that program to clear your pre fetch folder and then set it to monitor startup applications only. Save and re-boot. See if that improves the start up time. Might have to then re-boot it again.

If that fails, download and run a program called Boot Vis.

Ratbag · 26 Feb 2006 at 16:12

Get shut of that ATI thing (Can't you change your settings via display settings?) , Tweak UI (once you've changed a setting it shouldn't need to be memory resident). And Windows Defender will bog your system down substantially as it'll be scanning almost all your files in realtime....