Start Up

[Barbee]

OK... getting very tired of my loading time. I turn my computer off once every few weeks because it takes so long to fire up. I think I need my startup files cleaned but how do I know what to keep checked?

 

[richc46]

A clean boot for either Vista or Seven will help you decide the cause of the problem
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup - Windows 7 Forums
Run a full anti virus scan
Download and run a full scan with Malwarebytes.
Be sure that you have sufficient free space on your Hard Drive
Defrag hard drive.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html

 

[Barbee]

I do have 3 Ram

 

[richc46]

We have to stop meeting like this, but in any follow the post, and I think you will find the cause of your problem.

 

[Barbee]

Most of the sites I get led to have free scans but then you have to pay to get rid of whatever they find. I am not paying.

 

[richc46]

I think that you better run that malwarebytes, sounds like you have malware on your computer. Use the free version.

 

[Barbee]

I ran both my malware program and my virus software both came out clean.

 

[wither 3]

Did you do the other things that Richc46 suggested? As a by the way, how long does it take your system to boot?

 

[Barbee]

About 3-4 minutes. I only turn it off once a month or so.

 

[richc46]

This may help, too
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70563-boot-up.html

 

[Barbee]

That site is helpful but I don't know what I can get rid of on the startup menu. I think I have too much stuff opening at startup. It takes 2.5 min to reboot and another minute after the desktop comes up that I have to wait. I suppose I can live with it since I usually don't turn it on or reboot often.

 

[richc46]

That great tutorial has many suggestions. Give the ones you are comfortable with a try.

 

[wither 3]

3-4 minutes is right in the ballpark for my system to do a cold boot. Sometimes it's longer because I'm running an old version of Norton that includes loading the Win Doctor and the anti-virus doing a quick scan.

My Win 7 machine takes about an equal amount of time.

So, I'm wondering if you really have something out of the ordinary.

 

[richc46]

Mine takes 45 seconds

 

[wither 3]

You can do a cold boot into Vista in 45 seconds? Are you using a SSD? I couldn't do that when I had practically no programs in the Startup.

When I wake it up from sleep mode, it's nearly instanteous.

 

[richc46]

I have Seven
No SSD

 

[windows8]

I have Seven
No SSD

Me too, normally can expect a boot up in 30-45 seconds on both laptop and desktops.

And for @Barbee; you can use ccleaner to block some of the items on start-up.

www.piriform.com/ccleaner

 

[yvesj]

i boot in 29 secs

 

[wither 3]

You guys must not load anything at startup.

 

[windows8]

I'm actually using up about 350gb of space out of my 750GB HDD