My Computer Reboots too Slow, please help?

Question

Could anyone tell me what I could do to speed it up? I have 1G ram. It's getting to where I don't want to wait for it to restart.

I had a weird problem where every file was fragmented. I do defragment often, so it usually doesn't ever get that bad. This was bad. Defragmented, and now looks good. But it is still slow on startup.

I run Norton Antivirus scans once a week, and no viruses are popping up, either.

Do any of these programs hurt me speed-wise?

Here's what runs on startup ("x" means checked to run):
x PROmon
x NvCpl
x nwiz
x realsched
x type32
x jusched
x ccApp
x osCheck
x NvMcTray
x systemnt23
x qttask
x iTunesHelper
x ctfmon
x Microsoft Office
Core
point32
iTunesHelper
msmsgs
PokerOffice

So,

x jusched
x NvMcTray
x systemnt23
x qttask
x ctfmon

are the only ones I need for startup??

Answer 1

Hi
These behaviors maybe caused by several reasons, the most common ones are:-
1. Low RAM
2. Faulty setup of your OS
3. Faulty setup of software running in the back-ground
4. Heavy load on the possessor because there are too many applications running at the same time
5. Using a software which has a lot of sup-applications (like YMsgr)
6. Viruses, worms, add ware, spy ware, and Trojans

So reduce the weight on your ram, remove as much application from your start up, fro the list you put the only important applications to start with windows is
x jusched
x NvMcTray
x systemnt23
x qttask
x ctfmon
Others make them on demand

Have your hard drive scanned online for malicious software’s
Good luck

Answer 2

Here is my checklist for computer maintenance:

1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
-----right-click on the desktop, select Properties
-----click the screensaver tab, on the left where it says "screensaver," select none.
-----click the desktop tab, for background, select none
2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
-----click Start, Settings, Taskbar and Start Menu
-----click the Start Menu tab
-----select a program you do not want to load at Startup, then click remove.
-----Caution -- do not touch anything you are not sure of or you will mess up your computer royally.
3. From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)
----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (For a description of cache, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/access/access-27210.html )
4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
-----These can be found in Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools.
5. Periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — then type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).
6. Optional: Speed vs Goodies — in the Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Settings — you can have visual effects or let Windows select the best options. I am using “Best Performance.” Your choice.
These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.

Answer 3

You can probably uncheck reachsched which is real player updater, qttask which is Quicktime, ITunesHelper, and Microsoft Office. Office is a resource hog, you can run it fine without it being in the startup. There's a couple more that aren't necessary. There's three that are video Nv***, I think one or two of them aren't necessary.

Answer 4

As soon as your computer loads windows and you see the start bar appear press "Ctrl-Alt-Del" and then go to task manager. Click on the Processes tab then click on the CPU column until the program that is using the most processor time appears at the top. This can help you get an idea what is using your processor during Windows startup.

Answer 5

I recommend clearing the run folder in the registry.
Go to start, click run.
Type regedit.
Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then click software, then microsoft, then windows, then currentversion, then run.
Clear it out, and then repeat substituting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for HKEY_CURRENT_USER
That should help considerably

Answer 6

Try this computer speedup tool:
http://boost-computer-performance.info
It works very well to make startup faster