What will this do to your computer?
will it speed it up?
what are the negatives of doing this?
2007-03-02 08:49:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
actually while on msconfig, if you dotn know what you doing dont toy around wit it. if you uncheck everything your system might not start certains things it need to run properly. So if you want to speed it up a good thing is to uncheck those thing that you know. such as messeger, and other programs you have installed that can be started later.
2007-03-02 09:29:42 · answer #1 · answered by theoneandonlye 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're not sure what you're stopping you could accidentaly turn off something essential.
There are 2 easy ways, try Winpatrol and Ccleaner. Both programs allow you to control your startup programs, but show you icons and names so you can see what you're doing. Winpatrol won't let you mess with Windows either! Both programs have other features and are free.
http://www.ccleaner.com
http://www.winpatrol.com
Run Ccleaner to keep your pc fast, use the Issues tool then the Cleaner. The Startup feature is under Tools, it also has an uninstaller.
In future run that after you uninstall software.
Remember to defragment your hard drive once a month at start - programs - accessories - system tools - disc defragmenter, leave the pc while it runs. If your files are split up it takes Windows longer to find them.
2007-03-02 17:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In theory this would speed up your computer immensly but not recommended as you could turn off the antivirus solution you have installed on comp.
Just some of the items that are safe to remove are:-
Msn messenger
Nerocheck
ctfmon
If that doesnt help try defraging the hard drive cleaning out any files you do not use using control panel add/remove programs use disk cleanup. Also try installing spybot or adware and search your computer for any malicious spyware etc.
This should help
rezz
2007-03-02 16:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can stop them all if you wish.
it only stops the prog starting on start up.
only thing to make sure is that any anti virus or firewalls are left to start, everything else can be stopped unless you want them auto starting.
this is sometimes a good way to stop conflicts when your system boots, by stopping them and then starting one at a time until the culprit is found.
by the way, if you have a lot of progs running on start up, unchecking the options can make your system boot faster....i uncheck them all except for the ones i mentioned.
2007-03-02 16:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by safcian 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok chris i did wonder what would happen so ive just got my other computer out and tried stopping everything using mscnfig, i should have timed it but forgot,well it did start up quiet quick so the answer is yes it did start quick, negatives= none
2007-03-03 01:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by sandpipper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't do that because some of your start up programmes are the essential windows ones............
I have unticked my msn ones and its doin my head in cause it reminds everytime I turn the lap top on to check that is what I wanted to do
2007-03-02 16:54:18 · answer #6 · answered by xXx Orange Breezer xXx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot undo all the start up options how would the pc work?
2007-03-02 16:53:29 · answer #7 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your PC will not work (and its a daft thing to do )
2007-03-02 17:25:32 · answer #8 · answered by Cybercat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋