P peter912 Member Dec 4, 2007 #1 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 ?
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 ?
massahwahl VIP Member Dec 4, 2007 #2 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.
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.
P peter912 Member Dec 4, 2007 #4 axgrinder73 said: How much RAM do you have? Click to expand... 512 RAM
A axgrinder73 New Member Dec 4, 2007 #5 How many things are in the startup file? Are there any that you can get rid of?
Z ZER0X VIP Member Dec 4, 2007 #6 start>run>msconfig>startup and deselect uneccesary programs that don't need to be loaded when the OS starts.
start>run>msconfig>startup and deselect uneccesary programs that don't need to be loaded when the OS starts.