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09/13/2008 05:27:25 PM · #1 |
Hi there,
I'm hoping someone can direct me to a list that will tell me what I need to keep on my Start Up Menu.
I'm trying to clean up my computer, including making it faster to load - I have the tools to manage the start-up but have no clue which programs are important and which I can live without.
Thanks in advance,
Lisa |
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09/13/2008 06:24:53 PM · #2 |
You mean on the programs menu-->startup?
I'd keep nothing on there but your adobe gamma loader (unless you have different calibration software).
But I don't know what you have on it, and what's important to you. Basically, the less, the better (faster).
Perhaps look each one up one by one, and you'll get an idea fairly soon what's good to keep and what can get kicked. |
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09/13/2008 06:30:36 PM · #3 |
Not that I'm a Windows user anymore. But when you've figured out what programs or services you can safely remove, then do the following;
Download and run CCleaner (freeware) which is great at deleting any temporary rubbish from your disk. It also cleans unused items out of the registry, make sure you backup the registry first, the software gives you this option.
When CCleaner has done its job, then defrag the C: drive (right-click, properties, tools, I think) |
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09/13/2008 06:34:41 PM · #4 |
| If you can post a screenshot of your startup group, we can offer sugestion on what you need to keep. Deleting things for the startup group only means they do not run upon login. The applications are still there and can be run up when you need them. Many programs assume they are SOOOO important that, of course you want it running all the time. Often they are quick launchers for less frequently used programs, and they spend most of the time taking up memory. |
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09/13/2008 06:47:30 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Medoomi:
You mean on the programs menu-->startup?
I'd keep nothing on there but your adobe gamma loader (unless you have different calibration software).
But I don't know what you have on it, and what's important to you. Basically, the less, the better (faster).
Perhaps look each one up one by one, and you'll get an idea fairly soon what's good to keep and what can get kicked. |
Yes I mean the items that start on my computer every time I restart it.
I need a list of what I need - what I mean is - they all look like jargon to me and I want to know who they belong to, why they are there and decide if I need them.
Hope this makes sense. |
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09/13/2008 07:35:43 PM · #6 |
Can you post a screenshot of your startup menu to shoe us what is there? just press the printscreen key while the menu is displayed and then paste it into your image editor. crop save and post.
Also, not everything that loads upon startup is in the startup group, but it it a good place to begin as the other items are harder to root out.
Message edited by author 2008-09-13 19:37:03. |
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09/13/2008 10:56:04 PM · #7 |
you can look at the processes tab when you do a ctrl-alt-del and google any you don't know what they are. I recommened looking at many of the links and not going with the first one you read. There are also many spybot detection programs that will look at your processes and give you an idea of their use and allow you to temp or perm block them.
eta: I wouldn't recommend deleting/stopping anything you don't fully understand, it may keep your system from rebooting and then you'll be worse than just slow.
Message edited by author 2008-09-13 22:57:12. |
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09/24/2008 05:04:08 AM · #8 |
If you want to speed up the system startup without removing any programs, you can always look at Startup Delayer which lets you choose to delay various programs from starting up until later.
I have it set to allow essential things like anti-virus, firewall, Wacom software and so on to load immediately, but delay other (useful, but not needed immediately) software like backup, download manager etc. spread out from 30 seconds to 3 minutes after startup. That way I can get up and working a bit quicker, the computer isn't clogged trying to start forty applications all at once.
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