Win8.1 - Possible to remove Delayed Start?

photoshop · 4 Feb 2014 at 16:37

Is it possible to remove the delayed start in Win8.1 64bit?
I mean the computer boots up super fast to desktop but then there is a 10-15sec delay before apps like Dropbox, DU Meter etc that i have set to load with Windows actually load up.
Is there any way i can remove that delay so they load up straight away without having to wait?

photoshop · 4 Feb 2014 at 19:27

Anyone?

Caged · 4 Feb 2014 at 19:30

Buy an SSD

photoshop · 4 Feb 2014 at 19:31

Caged said:
Buy an SSD

Thats what i have

marc2003 · 4 Feb 2014 at 19:32

try and learn to be a bit more patient? :/

not just waiting a few seconds for your programs to start but also bumping your thread after 3 hours....

Mynight · 4 Feb 2014 at 20:54

Edit:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/37373-startup-delay-time-reduce-windows-8-a.html

rather quick google looks good.

photoshop · 4 Feb 2014 at 21:28

Mynight said:
Edit:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/37373-startup-delay-time-reduce-windows-8-a.html

rather quick google looks good.

Tried that mate already, didnt do anything.
My boot up time fresh off to desktop is around 9sec which is plenty fast and i can open chrome and other apps straight away. Its the other apps that ive set to load at start up which are delayed by 10/15sec. I believe this was introduced in vista to speed up boot times but its a little inconvienance

Mynight · 4 Feb 2014 at 21:32

Argh well that is annoying then

Dropbox I can understand as it seems to check for updates/new files to sync each boot. Others I don't really understand why.

Must admit I don't have this problem in a virtual machine.

photoshop · 4 Feb 2014 at 21:47

Mynight said:
Argh well that is annoying then Dropbox I can understand as it seems to check for updates/new files to sync each boot. Others I don't really understand why.

Must admit I don't have this problem in a virtual machine.

Its the following apps that load after 10/15sec of entering desktop:

CCleaner
PS3 Media Server
Dropbox
MSI FastBoot
My LockBox
MS Keyboard and Settings HotKeys
DU Meter

All Windows services and drivers load up instantly with boot. Its just the apps which i have configured to load at start up.

Mynight · 4 Feb 2014 at 21:49

Ill double check load times on mine. Vm but if anything a vm should be slower.

marc2003 · 4 Feb 2014 at 21:59

applications loaded at startup aren't usually interactive so i really don't see the problem.

so what if it takes dropbox 15 seconds to start? what exactly are you prohibited from doing? local files will still be in the same state as when you shut down. if you added files on another device, it will take time to sync anyway.

photoshop · 4 Feb 2014 at 22:01

marc2003 said:
applications loaded at startup aren't usually interactive so i really don't see the problem.

The MS hotkey software controls the special hotkrys keys on my keyboard configured to open specific web pages and have custom commands. I cant do that until that software loads

Caged · 4 Feb 2014 at 22:22

Sleep instead of shutdown?

marc2003 · 4 Feb 2014 at 22:24

photoshop said:
The MS hotkey software controls the special hotkrys keys on my keyboard configured to open specific web pages and have custom commands. I cant do that until that software loads

fairy nuff. i would have had more sympathy for you if you mentioned this in your first post.

m4cc45 · 5 Feb 2014 at 06:41

If they have a service associated with them there is an option now for the service to be:

Automatic (Delayed Start)

This may be what is causing it - you can try changing that to Automatic and see how that goes.

M.