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HOW TO MAKE YOUR COMPUTER START FASTER (Read 6750 times)

Mar 4^th, 2006 at 7:52pm

Viper22 Offline
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For Windows XP
A SIMPLE AND EASY WAY TO HELP YOUR SYSTEM

NOTE: You may want to create a system restore point through the system tools tab under accessories, incase you screw up your system (which probably won't happen) If something goes wrong, reboot your comp in safe mode and restore the computer to the point you created.

1) Go to the start menu and click run, and type in msconfig

2) Click the services tab and click "Hide all microsoft services"

3) Turn off anything you don't want on the list

4) Go to the startup tab and turn off anything you don't think you need

5) Exit the window (you may need to restart more some changes to be effective, it will tell you)

Thats All

Viper 8)

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Reply #1 - Mar 5^th, 2006 at 1:12am

Nick N Ex Member

..and if you want it to boot like a rocket, do the following:

1. Go to the:

C:\Windows\prefetch

...folder and delete everything in it

2. Copy the following exactly as it is posted here:

rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks

and browse to: START - RUN, then paste it into the OPEN: box and click OK

Wait for about 30 seconds and then reboot the system.

NOTE: In order to make a system boot even faster, after applying the above instructions, ...use a disk defragenter such as Perfectdisk 7.0 or O&O Defrag and make sure the "Use Layout.ini" option is selected for boot defragmentation in the software.

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Reply #2 - Mar 5^th, 2006 at 11:31am

<Ramos> Ex Member

and if you want it even fasterer...

start waxing the motherboard Tongue

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Wink

Ramos

PS: not reccommended!

« Last Edit: Mar 5^th, 2006 at 9:34pm by N/A »

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Reply #3 - Mar 5^th, 2006 at 2:14pm

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lol ramos

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Reply #4 - Mar 5^th, 2006 at 7:14pm

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PS: not reccommended!

NOW you tell me. Tongue

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Reply #5 - Mar 8^th, 2006 at 6:25pm

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thanks for the tip worked well 8)

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Reply #6 - Mar 9^th, 2006 at 3:02pm

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WAXING THE MOTHERBOARD?

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Reply #7 - Mar 9^th, 2006 at 3:03pm

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Is THAT what you guys call it these days?

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Reply #8 - Mar 9^th, 2006 at 5:50pm

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tried both Viper's & N.Nick's tricks, but still takes 60 - 70 secs to bootup & same on shutdown.

Slightly less with my "32 bit 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter" disabled.

In startup only the AVG three enties are active.

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Reply #9 - Mar 9^th, 2006 at 5:54pm

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tried both Viper's & N.Nick's tricks, but still takes 60 - 70 secs to bootup & same on shutdown.

Slightly less with my "32 bit 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter" disabled.

In startup only the AVG three enties are active.

so mabye my advice would work? Tongue

Tongue

what you should do is have everything start up manually, if you haven't done so. this includes firewalls, virusscans, adscans, instant messaging, anything that starts up when windows does.

Ramos

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Reply #10 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 3:02pm

Nick N Ex Member

Quote:

tried both Viper's & N.Nick's tricks, but still takes 60 - 70 secs to bootup & same on shutdown.

Slightly less with my "32 bit 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter" disabled.

In startup only the AVG three enties are active.

Windows sometimes gets "Stuck" in a rut and needs a little help to let go of its hold on your boot optimize.... do the following:

1.
Open REGEDIT,

Browse to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
Make sure "Enable" is set to: "N"

Leave this Disabled.. it is known for fragging boot files...

Browse to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters

EnablePrefetcher (DWORD)

0x00000002= boot prefetching

set it to "2"

Exit Regedit

2.
Browse to and clean everything out of:
C:\Windows\Prefetch

The reboot, click START, RUN and copy paste the following exactly as typed into the RUN box and hit OK:

rundll32 advapi32,ProcessIdleTasks

.... wait until disk activity stops (5-10seconds) and reboot twice.

I must say that defraging after the above has been completed with a professional defrag software which has been correctly set to use the Windows LAYOUT.ini file will also increase boot speed

Once completed you should see a definite change in boot speed... if you dont, the problem is a driver or something Windows is searching for on boot such as an IDE controller enabled in the BIOS but has no drive connected to it... network cards and network searching can also cause slow boot.

My desktop appears within 5-10 seconds of going past the black WINDOWS boot screen ... it takes another 10-15 seconds for all boot and startup functions to complete.

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Reply #11 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 4:35am

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Is THAT what you guys call it these days?

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Reply #12 - May 16^th, 2006 at 2:13pm

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I waxed my motherboard, my computer doesn't turn on now!!! ??? ??? what have you done to it Sad

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Reply #13 - May 16^th, 2006 at 10:19pm

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He did leave a disclamer Wink

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Reply #14 - May 17^th, 2006 at 10:38am

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oh! if you want UBER (yes i said uber) FAST startup, dont turn of the computer!!

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