Does your Windows computer takes ages to boot up ? Here are some very simple "speeding tips" to reduce the Windows startup time:
Step 1: Remove program entries from your start-up programs list that no longer exist. Occasionally, uninstalling a program from the system does not remove its entry in the startup list, so that when the computer starts -up, it tries to load a program that does not exist.
Step 2: Defrag your hard-drive - When you start up your computer, Windows automatically starts up a number of applications. If these startup applications are fragmented, your computer's startup process will be slower. Therefore you may improve your computer's startup time with the regular use of disk defragmenter.
Step 3: Get the Startup Delayer tool from r2Studios for Windows XP. During the bootup process, Windows may try to load all programs listed in the startup folder simultaneously which could adversely affect the startup time. This utility lets you decide the load order of various programs in the startup menu and you may also delay the loading of individual programs. For instance, load iTunes 10 seconds later than ZoneAlarm after Windows has started.
Reader Comments
Another way to reduce the start up time is to not start up!!! Use the Hibernate function instead of Shutting Down each time. It writes your memory data to disk and when you start back up, it restores the memory to the state it was in. It's reduced my startup time by a factor of 3 from 2 minutes to around 30 seconds on a 3 year old PC of 5 year vintage. Best of all, your open programs and windows are preserved.
Written on 12/7/07 6:14 AM
i always use this program called "startup inspector" to manage and clean clutters on my pc. and that makes my pc boot up process a breeze.
Written on 12/7/07 11:34 AM
Startup can be a pain if the drive is fragmented,programs open up slow, erratic crashes are all the symptoms of a HDD afflicted with this disease.
Written on 12/7/07 8:04 PM
You have very nice help tips for a faster boot up process. I just wish you have elaborated much on the steps to do the process of removing program entries and defragmentation of HD. For a newbie like me in the PC system, it would be a hard task to do if i don't know where to start the process of curing the problem which in your case is the delayed boot time of a PC.
Written on 12/7/07 9:34 PM
Do you have any tips or freeware that increases startup speed for Vista?
Written on 13/7/07 6:57 AM
How about some measurements before and after??? Would that have been too much to ask?
Written on 14/7/07 6:33 PM
thanx for that tip...
but why use this when we can edit our statup programs in the msconfig tool of win xp
Written on 2/8/07 11:06 PM
Startup Delayer is a great program.
But just to clarify, it does not speed up boot times in Windows.
What is does do very well, is speed up logon times by identifying programs found in your Startup folder and Run keys in the registry, of which you can set the time interval between each program. This will allow Windows to logon more efficiently.
Written on 10/8/07 5:55 AM