How to Make Your Computer Boot Faster
Sometimes you wonder why your computer starts very slow, although it got the latest hardware specs, here’s how to solve the problem;
Step 1
The biggest problem is that almost every time you install new software, it loads when you boot. I demand that I rarely use as optical character recognition, and those I have to turn several times a day as MS Outlook. By simply loading software only when you need it, you can reduce your startup time significantly. To see what is now loading and choose Windows XP, click on your Start menu. Go to Run. Type: msconfig. You’ll be presented with tabs. You’re probably in the ordinary course of business start-ups which instructs all drivers and services. Choose Selective Startup. Under Selective Startup I checked the system.ini file process, a process Win.INI.file, Load System Services, the burden of starting and employment Intems Original boot.ini. If you are an advanced user and you know what you do, you can select or deselect these boxes as you choose. If you click on everything except Services, then click Disable, then OK, you’ll end up booting in safe mode. Our goal here is to cut back on the programmes started. Click on that tab. You’ll find a long list of applications ALCMTR and hpsysdrv. I took the time to enter them in Google search for what they did. Sites like processlibrary.com proved useful in determining whether or not I should enable or disable the starter. For the moment I have selected only about one third of those listed. My computer starts up faster and I notice no lack of performance.
Step 2
If you are in the Member States configuration, look under the “BOOT.INI.” You will see a case “Timeout”. It is generally set at 30, which adds a half a minute behind. You can easily change to 3 seconds, but not shorter. Close this tab, click OK and restart for changes to take place. The first time you reboot, you probably have a window pop up saying that you start mode selective. You can disable the window while preserving your changes.
Step 3
Make sure you’re not loading the Trojans or ad ware when you boot. Not only do you keep your anti virus as Norton or McAffee a day, you need to load and install adware fighter as Lavasoft Ad Aware 2007, which is free for private use and does a good job to eliminate pop ups, cookies plotters and other spyware.
Step 4
At least once a month, do your temporary Internet files through your browser, empty your trash, move files to a useless old drive and make a disk defragmentation. In My Computer, right click on your hard drive. Click on Properties, go to Tools and then defrag. It will take time, we should not execute applications, including screen savers in carrying out this task. If your files are closer at the same time they load faster. You can also go through your cookies folder, delete the ones you do not need. I retain only those who allow me to quickly connect to my favorite sites.
Step 5
Use the standby mode. Given that most startup time is used by programs loading standby mode to save time by retaining these programs in memory. It saves power by the closure disks and monitors, the biggest power hogs. In the Control Panel, you can set your computer to go into standby mode automatically after a certain time. In Windows XP standby option is presented to you when you choose to power down. Open documents and programs are stored in volatile memory. It is a quick way to become more active and in general I use when I leave in the afternoon for a workout, but it is useful to do everything before entering standby. If there is a power outage latest changes evaporate. I do not watch a lot longer than a few hours because my PC is strange and tend to watch out on himself. Nevertheless, it is my only way to configure my computer to use the hard disk to record a television program.
Step 6
Establish the mode of hibernation. A better choice for a night is closed in hibernation mode, which saves an image of your computer applications and open documents on your hard drive. If you go to your computer control panel, you can put in place so that you enter and leave hibernation pushing your diet. You can also establish hibernation after a fixed amount of time that your computer is idle. On your start menu access the Control Panel. Double-click on Power Options. Click on the tab Hibernate for hibernation. Choose your options and click OK. When you decide to leave your computer for the day, go through the Start menu and click Disable computer. By holding down the Shift key on your Hibernate a new option will appear. Click it and your computer snooze, a return much faster than in the past when you need it.
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Phil from I'm no electrician said:
Thats a pretty comprehensive guide and something I will definately look at doing on all my machines. ;o)
May 20th, 2008 at 7:25 am
