Slow start-up

peter912 · 12-04-2007, 02:40 PM

It takes a long time for my computer to start up. I know that McAfee and AdAware are responsible for slowing it down. Other than uninstalling these valuable programs what else can one do to speed up booting the computer ?

ukulele_ninja · 12-04-2007, 02:41 PM

Download ccleaner. It has a utility to see what programs are loading at startup. Use that to get rid of some of the unwanted ones.

axgrinder73 · 12-04-2007, 02:52 PM

How much RAM do you have?

peter912 · 12-04-2007, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by axgrinder73

How much RAM do you have?

512 RAM

axgrinder73 · 12-04-2007, 09:51 PM

How many things are in the startup file? Are there any that you can get rid of?

**ZER0X** · 12-04-2007, 11:37 PM

start>run>msconfig>startup and deselect uneccesary programs that don't need to be loaded when the OS starts.

12-04-2007, 02:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
peter912 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 27	Slow start-up It takes a long time for my computer to start up. I know that McAfee and AdAware are responsible for slowing it down. Other than uninstalling these valuable programs what else can one do to speed up booting the computer ?

12-04-2007, 02:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
ukulele_ninja Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 21 Posts: 2,052	Download ccleaner. It has a utility to see what programs are loading at startup. Use that to get rid of some of the unwanted ones. __________________ Do you remember when the tigers broke free? CF COD4: CF\|UkuleleNinja

12-04-2007, 11:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
ZER0X Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,414	start>run>msconfig>startup and deselect uneccesary programs that don't need to be loaded when the OS starts. __________________ AMD X2 4000+ Socket AM2 2Gb RAM DDR2 667 Dual Channel 160Gb ATA100 8mb ATI Radeon 3870HD PCI-E 512mb

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axgrinder73 Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 278	How much RAM do you have?

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axgrinder73 Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 278	How many things are in the startup file? Are there any that you can get rid of?