Speed Up Your PC

[numark1]

Pretty bored so thought i would post this little tip, alot of peoples computers i have come across take forever to load when your turn them on. This is usually because of excessive startup programs appearing in the bottom right corner of your pc (system tray)

This little trick will stop alot of those programs (99% of them are useless) and make your pc start up and run quicker.

Click Start

Run

Type in the command box msconfig

Then click on the tab startup.

It should now look like this except all of the boxes will be ticked.

https://img122.imageshack.us/img122/664/untitledtest1wo.jpg

Scroll down them all and untick every single one except your antivirus, spyware program or firewall if you use them.

You can find out what each program is either by the command name or look at the file extension in the location.

For example top line of mine is qttask. Command name is c:\programfiles\QUICKTIME

This means the apple quick time player.

Once you have unticked all of them press ok and restart your pc, you should hopefully see a improvement on the startup speed.

Don't worry about what you untick you can easily retick it when your pc has loaded back up.

[instigator]

Someone wants gold again....

[divuk83]

Doesn't work in 2k. Doesn't matter as mine starts up quickly anyway. XP starts up slower than 2k anyway as there is more crap to load.

My top tip for improving startup speed; don't intall tons of crap on your PC!

Dave

[numark1]

Windows 2000 is so 6 years ago.

I always see people with like 50 icons in the system tray and their pc's crawl. Should be nice and neat like mine.

[NSR Mick]

I'd start with a spyware scan / hijack this as that blank line doesnt look too clever.
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[Dom_]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a free downloadable virus blocker and spyware dectector, that isn;t a trial which will run out in 30 days.

I've not had a virus scan for about 5 months.

[numark1]

Sorry i meant to say i also use the trend online virus scan once in a while.

All the pc's run a beaut.

[Silver]

[numark1]

I think viruses are overrated anyway, trojans and spyware are the ones to watch out for but can be cured reletively easily.

[iCraig]

[T1z3R]

i only have the necessary ones loading up

https://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/T1z3R/systray.jpg
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[numark1]

That's what im talking about, even a powerful pc makes it a dog to run.

[DJC69WP]

My top tip for speeding up your PC:

Install Linux!

I run Knoppix "https://www.knoppix.org" on my Desktop, and Ubuntu "https://www.ubuntu.com" on my laptop. I use it on weekends to dj at a local club, makes mp3 mixing a breeze, and support a lot of hardware!

Penguin Power Rulez!
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[Rookie]

markcatate my lawyers will be in touch. I did this, and now when I adjust the volume on my laptop (via keyboard) the OSD volume doesn't show up!

[Craggles]

[mr.z]

Fuunny enough just installed xp on another machine, its runnign thigs absoloutely piss poor slow compared to how it ran with win2k, so looks like i'll be formating again
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