Startup programs can slow down the PC

[sonxEr77]

It seems lately every single program i install want's to be part of win startup... Why is this? This has significantly slowed down my PC when starting up, regardless of the CPU speed... I use Scotty win patrol which is always watching every single soft trying to access startup menu, which always for my permission... I wonder if saying no would cause any problems to app installation...

what do you use?

 

[Telkomisaloser]

TuneUp utilities 2007... It has a function that can disable start up programs

 

[supersunbird]

type msconfig in Run, that also has a startup thing, few apps these days say anything in the old Windows Start Startup folder.

 

[sonxEr77]

TuneUp utilities 2007... It has a function that can disable start up programs

Not for Vista yet though!

 

[Telkomisaloser]

And i'm getting it pretty soon

 

[masticore]

ja - I find that loading Windows after the machine posts make it incredibly slow

 

[Boodles]

Dont need progs like 'tuneup untilites' - you can do this all yourself.

Programs like tuneup do equate to bloatware,

Use msconfig and making sure you goto each programs settings and unticking the 'startup' option.

 

[AzAzEl656]

Just make sure that the programs you remove from your startup are not MS apps.

 

[PeterCH]

Just make sure that the programs you remove from your startup are not MS apps.

Remove that MSOffice junkware which startups after installing Office.
That slows the PC down a lot. Also you can disable a lot of services,
especially Network Discovery ones (or similar) if you're not connecting
to a network. Makes PC start-up much faster. Download
and run BootVis too from the MS website.