tips on how to speed up boot in vista

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funkysnair

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does your pc takes ages to boot like mine?

i have done a little reading and i have found a few things that have helped me knock o few seconds off boot time.

basicly my problem was prOgrams set to start up at boot (far too many) im just going to show you 2 ways to cancel programs on start up!

1st

"go to start - all programs - STARTUP"

in that folder you can see some programs, delete the ones you dont want to start up on boot, also you can add sortcuts in there for programs that you do want to start up!!

2nd

"start - all programs - accessories - run - type "msconfig" -enter

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a new box should open called "system configuration"

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what you want to do is click on the startup tab then there will be all the programs set to start on boot

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have a good look through and uncheck the programs not needed on boot (i had about 6)

general rule is not to uncheck anything by microsoft in the manufacturer list, also if you are unsure of anything leave it alone.

i do not recomend this to people who are not computer savvy!

there ye go
 
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That's not a good way because programs will put themself back in the list
when you run them. For example, a better method to turn off Java auto-update
is Start > Control Panel > Java, and then turn off automatic updates from there.

Go through all your programs that boot at startup, enter their preferences,
and turn their setting to off where it says "Launch when Windows starts."

For any programs that connect to the internet, turn off automatic updates.
They will delay the boot, and start of the program itself. This include Skype,
MSN, AVG, Java, Zonealarm, Notepad++, OpenOffice...

In Windows Vista, the best way to speed up boot is to go into Task Manager
using the administrative account. There are a bunch of scheduled task that
run far too often. For example, the default System Restore creates a restore
point once a day! Not only does this eat up 1GB of space each time, or more,
but it takes a lot of time. You can set the schedule to once a month instead,
or even once a year, and then just create your own restore points.

It also runs Disk Defrag when system goes idle, Windows Update, Windows
Defender, etc... All in the Task Scheduler.
 
are refering to 1st or 2nd method?

i have done them both and nothing has put themselves back!!!

i agree there may be different ways but this one has worked for me, can you explain how the programs would put them selves back in the list?
 
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I have Vista Home Premium. How do I change the frequency of System Restore points from daily to less often?
 
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