Not only do these utilities lengthen the time that your system takes to load, but they also consume valuable memory space — often needlessly. The good news is that regaining control of your PC is possible without the need to uninstall programs used only occasionally. With a quick look at the Windows start-up process and few different utilities, you can be back in control of your system in no time.
The start-up folder When a Windows system boots, shortcuts to programs contained in your start-up folder are launched automatically. Many installed programs will add a shortcut to this folder as part of their installation process.
When the shortcuts contained in this folder are deleted, the particular program will no longer launch automatically. Although having some programs load immediately is useful, a number of those placed in the start-up folder are more obscure and probably not of much use to you on a daily basis. The key to dealing with the start-up folder is finding it. On a Windows 98 system, this folder is accessible from the Start menu, Program Files, Startup section.
Pointing to this location will display a list of shortcuts to programs set to run automatically. Then you can right-click the Start menu shortcut and delete them. Ultimately, each of these tools provides a prettier interface from which you can more safely edit Registry values. The Windows Registry is by its nature a complex beast, which is part of the reason why we generally recommend staying away from it. The two main tools used to interact with the Registry are Regedit.
Both folders will contain values that specify the path to programs or services to be launched automatically, as shown below. To prevent a program or service from starting automatically, delete the value associated with the offending program.
However, be sure to note exactly which programs you need to remove prior to taking this action. Starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and services. Enable Safe Mode with Networking. Starts Windows in safe mode and includes the network drivers and services needed to access the Internet or other computers on your network.
Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Starts Windows in safe mode with a Command Prompt window instead of the usual Windows interface. This option is intended for IT pros and system admins. If the problem doesn't occur when you restart your PC in safe mode, it's unlikely that the basic settings, files, and drivers in Windows are the cause of the problem. Try starting all of the apps on your desktop that you commonly use one by one including the apps in your Startup folder to see if a specific app might be causing the problem.
If one of the apps is causing the problem, uninstall it or contact the software publisher. If the problem appears while in safe mode, or you still can't find the problem, you can try refreshing or resetting your PC. For more info, see How to refresh, reset, or restore your PC. Prevents the early launch antimalware driver from starting, allowing drivers that might contain malware to be installed.
Prevents Windows from automatically restarting if an error causes Windows to fail. Choose this option only if Windows is stuck in a loop where Windows fails, tries to restart, and fails again repeatedly. Starts Windows domain controller running Active Directory so that the directory service can be restored.
Windows 8. You liked Windows 8 so much you want the Start screen back on a mouse-and-keyboard PC? If tablet mode is available for your PC, you could just turn that on. This will give you a Windows 10 take on the Start screen, which is more or less the new Start menu blown up into full screen mode.
Windows 7 Performance. Sign in to vote. I'm running Win7 64x on a Dell laptop. Core 2 Duo with 4 gig of ram. This laptop is very fast once everything is up and running but the initial startup after logging on after a complete shutdown or reboot takes about 5 min.
If my wife logs on after me it only takes about 30 seconds for her profile to come up because everything that needs to start is started on my profile. I'm just thinking if i could move a few things that i don't need right away to the end of the boot process that the system would get up and running faster. It seems like everything is trying to execute at one time and that it causes it to hang for a few min because to much is happening.
Tuesday, November 3, PM. Ccleaner has a nice strtup program tool. It's a superb utility anyway. Give it a run Ccleaner. Compromise 1. Hi Chris,. Consider exploring the notion of configuring non-essential services perhaps, most frequently third-party services to be delay-start, rather than automatic. You might also use a startup manager program like Sysinternals' Autoruns, and after consideration uncheck some of the items on the Logon tab. Then, place these items into a batch file or some such that you can launch at a point that is later in the logon process or even later in the session, such as when you need a program.
Wednesday, November 4, AM. Hi chrstauffe , First, unplug the unnecessary devices and see if the issue occurs. Please perform the following steps: 1. Regards, Linda. There are no devices to disconnect. I have a USB micro mouse but that is working at the logon screen so i know that is not causeing a problem. As stated earlier this is a laptop. I will look into the Sysinternals' Autoruns. Chris Stauffer Forgot. I also found a bunch of drivers on Dells website that were for Windows 7 on the Dell Studio and that were not listed under the This helped me get newer drivers.
Which is helping a little it. Wednesday, November 4, PM. I tried the Autoruns and didnt find anything that isnt suppose to be starting.
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