My desktop is getting slow at start up, how can I check what is starting up when I turn it on?

Question

I have XP, 140GB free space, 512MB, I down loaded IE7 and AT&T Yahoo recently surfing the internet is great with DSL, but start up is slow and Icons come on black and white then after a few moments change to color

Answer 1

Start Menu > Run > enter "msconfig" (without quotation marks) > [Enter] > "Startup" tab. This will give you a list of programs which load during startup. If you come across a startup program you don't recognize, search for it using Bleeping Computer's Startup Program list http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/

Answer 2

- Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by a screensaver full of graphics. Are you using wallpaper and a complex screensaver - they run in the background and eat memory.
- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
- cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
- cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
- then cl Remove.
- This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.
- Are you in a large file? If so, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

1. Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2. Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3. From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3. click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4. click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
- Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.

Answer 3

Ok

First you need to scan the computer first for virus.Then open start / program / startup . here delete anything that you dont use. Then , open start / run and type msconfig in the last tab is where your startup files and software are , ricky

Answer 4

Go to Start, Control Panel, Task Bar and Start up Menu. There you can add and delete which programs you want to start at boot up. I recommend no more than 3-4 unless you use them every single day.

Answer 5

I recommend the use of the Windows startup manager:
http://www.neosoft-tools.com/windows-startup-manager.htm
It disables any startup programs and fully controls startup by selecting the programs to be launched, while customizing the startup settings (ie how often and when programs should be launched, etc).

Answer 6

Im no pc expert but this worked for me....
go to "start" and then click on "run"....in the blank area type in , click ok and then check off anything that you dont want to start up time you turn your pc on.