my computer takes ages to start up anyone know how i can speed it up?

Answer 1

Go to start> run> type "msconfig" hit enter> click on the startup tab> uncheck programs that are not required for the computer to run.

Answer 2

Try all the above and if your still not any closer to reducing your boot times then search for a program called Microsoft Bootvis (it can be found on www.majorgeeks.com)

This program automatically and systematically places all your drivers, services and startup items in the most logical way according to your hardware. On my old pc my boot time went from 1:43 (minutes and seconds... not hours) to 45 seconds!!

Once its installed if i remember correctly you go to tools and select "trace and improve system performance" it will then restart your computer and lay out your boot process all by itself. Whats more is it will produce a little fancy graph for you so that you can see which drivers, services and software take the longest to load!

Also you can speed up the startup times by going into BIOS (if your feeling brave) and ensure that the quick boot option is enabled if your motherboard supports it. Also removing the option to boot from CD shaves a couple of seconds off especially if you have a CD in the drive.

And then again you can remove the startup items through msconfig... i.e. MSN Messenger, Quicktimee etc and a good defragment too... obviously these have been covered above!

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.healthboostpc.com

It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.

Answer 4

Depends on what you think is ages. My PC with XP, security software and a couple of wanted utilities takes 2-4 minutes from a cold start, and the only way to shorten this is going to be removing the antivirus &c. Great idea not! What I do most of the time is to use the hibernate option (shift + standby) and this allows it to get running in about 30 seconds.

Answer 5

Depends the age of your computer, is it time that you need to make a re-installation (wipe out all data and set your computer up from scratch),
You might have lots of programs, or scheduled tasks which are run as soon as you start up your computer (such as ebay, messenger, antivirus, windows update, skype) all these take priority.
You might also low memory, or your hard-disk is getting old.

See, in computing there are lots of things that can cause your computer to slow down, unless you are a techy, the best thing is to take it to a computer technician and have it checked... if it is worth it.

Answer 6

If you go to your local computer store, you can probably get more memory for your computer, which should speed it up. Note - Games take up memory. Memory can cost from $45 to $200. Some memory prices can be found at www.newegg.com

Answer 7

Every time you take something out with msconfig, the registry will always add something else by the time you re-boot

Use something like this, it is a start up manager, in zipped form, save to disk, go to control panel and double click on the icon it adds there.
start-up CPL: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Startup_CPL_d619.html

also i have recently been told that when you go into ccleaners start up menu, things you take out, you have to be sure you know for certain it's safe to do so, as there is NO backup!

When you use Ccleaner's start-up manager it automatically puts you in what's called "selective mode"

"Go to start> run> type "msconfig" hit enter> click on the startup
tab> uncheck programs that are not required for the computer to run."

This post by Alpha isn't strictly correct. We do not use msconfig to control what starts up! For the most part it is a diagnostic tool to pin point troublesome applications/software!

if you run an XP box, you will not have scandisk as someone mentioned earlier, you will have check disk,
to enter this to scan for any inconsistencies on the hard drive and correct any errors go:
Windows key and R or..

Start>run at the run dialog box type 'cmd' without the quotes
type chkdsk /r (notice the space between the k and the "switch")

Now reboot your computer...
once you fire it up again, you will be notified that your computer has been scheduled to do a disk check...wait patiently while it now runs through it's process, this may take some time...if it sometimes looks as if nothing is happening, just bear with it, it can look unresponsive at times, but it's doing it's thing, and it *should* correct any errors we have.

Defrag and disk clean
what people are saying about this is right, you will want to either use the windows own disk clean and disk defrag by going:
start>all progs>accessories>system tools..and there they both are.
I prefer to use a program called Auslogics for Disk defragging purposes, available here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5266.html
they also have a Regsitry Defragger tool available by the same name.

Disk Clean: I use Wise Registry Cleaner which accompanies The Wise Disk Cleaner http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5437.html (reg)
http://majorgeeks.com/Wise_Disk_Cleaner_d5436.html (disk)

More memory is indeed a valid point, someone mentioned earlier on up the line, for example it's quite useful to know that running win XP on 512MB RAM is about the BARE MINIMUM! Highly recommend upgrading your RAM if that is the case, take a look at how much RAM you have available:

Start>right click My Computer...and choose properties...check what ya got in there on the General Tab.

Be very careful about choosing the right RAM for you, you can run scans at http://www.crucial.com
or just ask the people in the shop you're at when you're buying. Useful to write your specs down, and record onto paper what crucial tells you. You should aim to go for Gig at least. Making sure the RAM is dual channel mode if necessary.

Ccleaner is a useful prog to add to your repertoire of tools, but do not also go overboard and d/l lots of useless nonsense.

When installing things such as camera software, Kodak is a well known resource hog, I didn't run the software, I just pop the SD card in the slot on my tower.

Custom installs of things like this and web cams always come in handy if you dont want all the useless bundles that come with it such as Muveemaker etc etc...calenders and such as...but again, you have to know what you're doing to install at least all the critical components of the s/w

Keep a careful eye on the task manager to see what's running process wise etc Ctrl+Alt+Delete go through the tabs there, clicking on processes will alphabetise all your running processes for you, so it's easier to see what's what.

Keep looking in at My Computer>Program Files and see what crops up there if anything...look for unusual stuff that *could* creep in if you're always downloading and what not.

Hope this helps

Always keep your browsers updated, Windows Updates on auto style, (if you forget about it and it's fixed a potential security leak in the IE browser, you'd better hope you don't go surfing and end up getting injected with badware...)

java needs to be kept update too.

ps...grab Ccleaner from Majorgeeks or Piriform's own website, download.com I wouldn't risk using for downloads. :(

the last answer I see about Auslogics I have already mentioned :)

Answer 8

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Answer 9

My comp used to take up to 20 mins so I got rid of my Norton anti virus, downloaded AVG free and now I'm up and running in under 2 mins.

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