When I first got my computer and booted my machine, I went go get a cup of coffee from the kitchen here at the office. When I came back, i could use the computer. Now, after a few years, I feel like I could get to Colombia and back with a cup of coffee before I get to do anything.
One way to speed up the boot is to reduce the number of programs that load upon booting. some programs, like AOL Instant Messenger and Windows Messenger have options to disable a load at startup. With Quicktime you need to tell it to not load the icon into the system tray.
However, many more programs configure Windows itself to launch themselves. To see these and eliminate them from bootup, do the following:
1. Pick the Start button
2. Pick Programs or All Programs
3. Find the Startup folder.
4. Delete any items in that folder that you do not want auto-started. Deleting them here will not remove them from your hard drive.
One more thing – The list of Programs is often jumbled. To list them alphabetically, right-click on any one of them and pick Sort by Name. You may need to do this once a month or so.
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