Vista Tutorial - ReBoot Time

WOW... I got tons of stuff going at startup. No wonder I'm crawling.. I will get the snipping tool working so I can paste an image here...

Edit: Ok I have snipped mine and added it here....... I had to do it in 2 snips since that startup window doesn't expand... sheeeesh~~ seems like way to much showing...

By the way... thanks for the quick tutorial on using the snip tool...quite handy indeed~

Any thoughts on what could be dropped from this list?

NERO is no longer on that list... I disabled that one...
Thanks~~

Hello Lid8nhx,

You are the only one that really knows what you need at startup!
Try disabling one or two at a time to see how it goes.
I know you don't need the NVIDIA entries.
I do know you have to have the box checked to remove the entry from the list in "regedit".
Just work on them one at a time.


Later Ted

Will try one or 2 at a time and seeeee what happens... the nvidias are first...

Lid8nhx,

If you disable one that messes up Vista, just boot into Safe Mode and enable it again.

Shawn

Thats what I'm working on... so far sooo good..~ though I may be at the end of what I can disable and still keep things usable... Guess we shall see if my boot time increases at all...

Are most of you doing the No GUI boot option?

It's always fun to play a bit..~~

Hello again Lid8nhx,

The Forums have this Tutorial.

Boot screen

Yeah I like to "experiment" also but sometimes it costs me a reinstall... hehe


Later Ted

Thanks for the tutorial on the boot screen.... and I know the feeling about the reinstall...Have done that myself over the years...~~

Hi Folks

I find that only a fresh install of Vista is anywhere near as fast as MS claimed it would be, as soon as you start loading your security apps and needed programs, it slows to a bloody crawl...
If you have the Sidebar closed but have dragged a few gadgets to the desktop so you can still have them, I find that really slows boot times down. I like some gadgets and have 4 or five of them on my desktop and the sidebar closed to the tray andI notice if I disable the sidebar gadgets from startup, it speeds up bootup noticeably.
Other than that, I can't eliminate any other startups because all I have there is my AV, firewall, display drivers, mulimedia KB and trackball drivers and that's it.

Oh yah...and Yes, I also do the "No GUI" boot screen bit, it's better than the scrolling screw...

Sys spec:
AMD 3800+
2gb ram
250 gb 7200rpm harddrive
ATI x1600 pro

Vista Ultimate 32 SP1