The best way to start your computer faster and improve the overall system performance is to reduce the number of programs that load when Windows start. Reducing the number of startup programs can help you in loading the Windows faster, saving RAM, and faster loading performance. Many people will be familiar with the way that requires installing and running Windows Defender, going to Tools > Software Explorer and from category selecting Startup Programs. This method works for many people but is not very effective.
Many people do not have Windows Defender and many don’t want to install it either. Well you don’t even need too. Follow these basic steps for managing the startup programs.
For Windows XP: Click Start and then Run, in the dialog box type msconfig and click OK.
For Windows Vista: Click Start and in the search bar type Run and in the dialog box type msconfig and click OK. The quickest way is to simply type msconfig in the search bar and press Enter.
Now in the System Configuration click on the Startup tab and you will see the list of startup programs as shown below.
You can uncheck any program that you feel you don’t need on Startup. These programs that are listed here are installed on your computer and remain installed. So do not worry, even clicking Disable all button will not screw up your computer. It does not remove the program but only disables it from loading on Startup.
After unchecking the programs that you don’t need, click OK. Now it will ask you for the computer to be restarted. Restart your computer and you will see your speed while logging in to be faster than before.
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Thanks for this quick tip or reminder. I knew about this, but forgot how easy it was. Found out that I had a bunch of junk that was on startup that I didn’t need but snuck in over time.
I am happy that is helped someone finally !
It probably helps alot of people and they just do not comment.
It helped me. I also followed your instructions on downloading regcure and am running it now
Heres to a faster computer. Thanks for taking the time to write this
Thanks for leaving a comment. It’s great to know that this tip helped you.
it helped me too so thanks, it’s not unappreciated!
Too bad amateaurs will disable about 80% of the necessary programs their computers need to function correctly, unknowingly, of course…. Be very careful, yes there is alot of spam that loads into your ram, however, on the other hand there are system-essential residental programs, such as WLAN programs, sound management devices, display adapter files, etc… Just be extremely careful, and, by all means DO NOT disable ALL of them, cuz in the end you’ll have 4 GB of ram free with a computer wont do anything except boot up.
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