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Step 12Remove Startup Tasks & Decrease Boot Time (System Configuration)
In Windows Vista, all of Windows' essential programs are loaded through something called "Windows Services." This means that most of the startup items you see in Vista are completely optional and can be turned off. However, a good rule of thumb is to disable only those programs that you recognize and don't need to have running all the time. When in doubt, leave it on. Or, better still, check out Paul "PacMan" Collins' huge "Startup Applications" list at http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php . This list of over 13,000 startup items you may encounter in MSCONFIG tells you which items are absolutely necessary, which items are optional, and which items you should definitely uncheck.
Here is where you can find it:
Start Menu
Select "Run" on the right hand side
In Dialog Box, type in: msconfig
Click OK
In dialog box, go to the "Startup" tab
Uncheck the programs you don't want to run at start up.
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If you have a multiple core CPU (Ex: Intel Core Duo or Quad CPU) or multiple CPUs, then this will show you how to change the Number of Processors that will be used during boot up.
Here is where you can find it:
In dialog box, go to the "Boot" tab
Click on the Advanced options button.
Check the Number of processors box, then click on the drop down arrow and select the number of available processors (cores or CPUs) you want to have used at boot up.
Click on OK.
Click Apply
Click on OK.
You will then be prompted to restart your computer.
Here is where you can find it:
Start Menu
Select "Run" on the right hand side
In Dialog Box, type in: msconfig
Click OK
In dialog box, go to the "Startup" tab
Uncheck the programs you don't want to run at start up.
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If you have a multiple core CPU (Ex: Intel Core Duo or Quad CPU) or multiple CPUs, then this will show you how to change the Number of Processors that will be used during boot up.
Here is where you can find it:
In dialog box, go to the "Boot" tab
Click on the Advanced options button.
Check the Number of processors box, then click on the drop down arrow and select the number of available processors (cores or CPUs) you want to have used at boot up.
Click on OK.
Click Apply
Click on OK.
You will then be prompted to restart your computer.
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will help a lot specially for my old laptop here.. :)
owh, this link is not working: http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php.
there's a point in the end of the link.. it should be http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
cheers..
You can get it here