Make your PC boot alot faster (and RUN alot faster too)
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:06 am
I have fixed ALOT of computers for friends etc. over the last few years, and it almost always seems to be the same scenario: Their computer is so bogged down with programs loading at startup and running in the system tray (the little section on the bottom-right of the screen) that it can barely BREATH, let alone run well.
The reason why this chokes most computers so badly is becuase it eats up the Memory, along with taxing the heck out of the CPU. I can't even beleive how many programs most computers have running in the system tray at any given time.
The way to fix this (and help your PC out ALOt in most cases) is to go into msconfig (configuration utility) and block most of these programs from even starting up upon booting. To get to msconfig click on start, then "run", and then type in "msconfig" and hit enter.
Once you are in msconfig click "startup" or "selective startup", and then uncheck the boxes next to any program that you don't want to load at startup, and then click "ok", then restart the PC. Yup, this is the big secret to making just about any "slow" or troubled PC perform a heck of alot better.
NOTE: you can usually uncheck just about EVERYTHING that loads at startup (in msconfig) without any problems. Just play around with it a bit if you have to.
The reason why this chokes most computers so badly is becuase it eats up the Memory, along with taxing the heck out of the CPU. I can't even beleive how many programs most computers have running in the system tray at any given time.
The way to fix this (and help your PC out ALOt in most cases) is to go into msconfig (configuration utility) and block most of these programs from even starting up upon booting. To get to msconfig click on start, then "run", and then type in "msconfig" and hit enter.
Once you are in msconfig click "startup" or "selective startup", and then uncheck the boxes next to any program that you don't want to load at startup, and then click "ok", then restart the PC. Yup, this is the big secret to making just about any "slow" or troubled PC perform a heck of alot better.
NOTE: you can usually uncheck just about EVERYTHING that loads at startup (in msconfig) without any problems. Just play around with it a bit if you have to.