Category: Geeks r Us
Does anyone consistently start their computer in selective start up?
Would this mostly be for an older, slower, and cluttered system? *lol*
My laptop currently has 18 items in the start up tab, under msconfig.
I use selective startup. Loading only programs that which I need and is essential to run the OS. its very efficient at boot time.
Excellent, because my laptop may be fine now, but it seems the more programs/apps I install, the more is loaded in start up. It is too bad we cannot prevent this.
It is my desktop that is having the continued issues. *oy!*
ahh but we can
1. click start, all programs, startup
2. delete everything you see there, unless you have absolutely good reason to leave something there. Right click and go down to delete, you will only be deleting the shortcut so no fear of losing your precious programs.
3. Load only the OS essential programs in the msconfig. Don't check those like msn, aim, real player, ms office, etc etc.
4. Unless you are dual booting, uncheck the timer that have you waiting to select an OS
Those tips should have you booting faster than you normally are if you already haven't implemented them.
I've been wanting to do this too. When I went to startup, I only saw Hal, something called audio spooler and sjphone. But I know that Gizmo starts up as well. So where do I find that to make it stop loading when I boot up? I'm assuming it's in config, but do you mean config.sys? How do I start this? Do I go into the dos prompt and enter the file name or is there another way to do it so that I can check and uncheck the appropriate files? How do I add something to startup? Finally, I notice that ever since I've installed that Microsoft Framework, the computer asks me who I am when I log on instead of just starting up. Hal will say "Increase magnification" and then I have to hit the down arrow key to select owner and then enter before Windows will start.
how does this work? i was checkign this out but i'm afraid i may fuck something up. i want my pc ot start faster. whay should i check and uncheck?
The following some people may find helpful. It lists many startup applications, if you don't recognize some in your own pc.
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
Wow, that's some list. Thanks.
Bob
I personally use selective startup on my 2 ghz, 2 gb ram, laptop, it helps, I've also gone ahead and disabled most of the non-essential services for my machine, the second thing isn't recommended, unless you really know what you're doing, for help on which services you can safely disable, go to: http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm for Windows Vista, http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm for Windows XP Home/Pro, or: http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm for Windows 2000 Pro or Server, hth.
wow this board is definitely the most informational one I havhe read in a while. like it.
I've sceen that poticually on older machines, the speed increase of having no viruses or spyware coming on at startup but having anty virus and anty spyware come on at startup compared to having no anty virus or anty spyware and the odd nasty is very little.
What this all comes down to is how much your going to take care of your computer. Most installation programs that are installing programs lightly to put things in startup will include an option for it not to do so, but this could well be in the custom setup, so if you've never installed something before then perhaps its worth reading the first few words of every window if your nervy.
If not, if a program does come on at startup, it should have an option with in the program to disable this.
I use a program called WinPatrol to manage my startup group and services: http://www.winpatrol.com WinPatrol comes in two flavors, a free version as well as a plus version. The nice thing about the program, no matter which version you have is that it will let you know on the fly if anything tries to make changes to your system; such as programs trying to insinuate themselves into your startup, changing your homepage or grabbing file associations.
The plus version is available for a one time fee of $30. I bought it a few years ago and in my mind, it's been a great investment as a learning tool if nothing else. Using the plus version, you can ask for "plus info" about any item in your startup that you can't identify. The info you get back is really thorough and accurate; For example, below is the plus info I get for the file JfW.exe:
Jfw.exe is the executable for Jaws for Windows by Freedom Scientific. Jaws for Windows works with your PC to make software applications and the Internet
accessible for blind and low vision computer users. With its internal software speech synthesizer and the computer’s sound card, information from the screen
is read aloud. Jaws also outputs to refreshable Braille displays.
If you need screen reading or braille output, you'll probably find it most convenient to let this file run on system startup and leave it running all the
time. More info can be found at
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp.
Safe
I also use Win Patrol, the free version, but yes, it is worth using, I use a program called startup control pannel, it does some stuff that Win Patrol doesn't do, for example, allowing you to selectively disable items without deleting them from your system, the url for the program's homepage is: http://www.mlin.net, hth.
Wow, some great info. I really like the thought of more info of the startup and services.
Personally, I feel it's best to try not to clutter your system.
Not that you clutter it up purpposly of course.
Earlier today I downloaded and installed win patrol.
The download is easy.
The install was just as easy.
I can't tell it's running until I want/need some information, then it's great.
I wish I had had this tool earlier this year when I fought off a virus on my computer.
The zone truly is educational. Thanks.
Bob
Just a quick thingy here, your program shortcuts dir startup isn't the only place programs to start are stored.
You've got a couple keys in the registry too, but don't mess with them unless you know what you're doing. The keys include
HKCUsoftwaremicrosoftwindowsCurrentVersionrun
HKLMsoftwaremicrosoftwindowsCurrentVersionrun
Those are for your user and the local machine respectively,
then you've got run-once too etc.
Those were the keys that I remember off the top of my head. As far as I remember that's the right paths.
Malthe.