Originally Posted by Frank C

Hi,
I recently installed AVG's PC Tuneup 2011.
After doing all of the Tune up / Clean up tasks I have my boot time down to 1 min 35 sec
Power on to login 1 min 10 sec
Login to home screen 10 sec
Home screen to security suite loaded 15 sec.
Would you considered this to be reasonably quick boot time?
Thanks
Frank C
Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP 2
Dell Inspiron 530S

Have you tried going to start and typing msonfig. Then, click on the startup tab. Uncheck everythin except your antivirus. Also, I do NOT recommend the use of those so-called tune up programs. Those things almost always screw up computers.

What Windude is suggesting is a clean boot
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup - Windows 7 Forums
I agree with not using tune up software. This is what YOU do to have good performance.

To maintain your computer
10 Tips on How to Properly Maintain Your Computer
ignore, reg cleaners.

Steps that I did not notice on the guide include:
Running a scan disc before doing a defrag
Using Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes.
Making System Restore points, at least once a week
Makaing a system Image once a month (varies by user)
Not relying on your A/V common sense, should prevail. You know of many sites can cause a problem.
Do not use any reg cleaning or optimizing software.
Download and use Ccleaner about once every two months. Untick any registry entries.
http://www.piriform.com/
Download and use PSI, to to be sure that all of your software is up to date
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
If you follow these instructions, you will be trouble free for a long time to come.
Be sure to back up your hard drive about once a month (varies by user) and to keeep system restore points up to date.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...er-performance
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html