hello...

i wud lov it if wen i start my pc up it would start up quicker?

it takes a litle wile for all the programs to start up...
any ideas?

apart from defrag n disk clean up?


thanks

m00n

Hiya moon :)

I made a guide to get people started with speeding up their pc's. You can view it Here (http://xthost.info/vidster9/HTML/increase_performance.htm)

After that you can disable any services you do not need. Every service disabled is a tiny speed increase when booting.
Now type msconfig into your Run box and disable anything that in the startup list that you don't need pre-loaded when starting your PC.
I only have my antivirus,firewall and anti spyware software checked :wink:

Here is an archived list from Black viper's website. It is probably the best guide to what services you need:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041128084144/www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

what he said.

but be careful with what services you disable, you might be stopping one that windows needs without knowing it.

If you're using XP, have a look at www.tweakxp.com for some great tips at speeding up your machine.

I managed to shave almost two minutes from a slow booting XP Pro machine.

I JUST TRIED TO have a go at msconfig

but i dont even undertstand half of the programs???

such as

ccAPP?

msmgs?

usr prompt?

and is it a good idea to turn off microsft office?

HELP

the office program that is loading is probably something like the fast indexer. You can probably disable that one.

Other processess you've listed include microsoft messenger, I guess you'll want that one.
ccApp is part of your norton antivirus, so you probably want that one as well.

Is "usr Prompt" a process name or a program name, I can't find anything about a process wth that name and they don't normally contain spaces...

If you're not sure what you're doing then you'd be better off getting someone who's happy fiddling to help you out.

Editing your start-up items is important too...you shouldn't have too many of these on start-up. Provide a list on what loads and we can help further.

But if you are downloading and such, like most of us these days, a good deal, then using defrag regularly is a good idea to keep your pc in good shape! It might be an idea to look into automatic defragmentation too.

good luck :)

thanks every one

how do i set up auto de frag?

i just notice on myde frag options i have just go on2 "advanced atribtutes" and notice that "compress contents to save disk space" has NOT been selected?!

should this be so?

Originally posted by moon
i just notice on myde frag options i have just go on2 "advanced atribtutes" and notice that "compress contents to save disk space" has NOT been selected?!

should this be so?

yes that's correct. Unless you are seriously short on space. Compressing the contents will seriously slow things down with only a marginal improvement in space.

I found propping the back of the machine on a couple of books up so the electricity 'flows' downhill to the keyboard helps.

Originally posted by theflyingfish
I found propping the back of the machine on a couple of books up so the electricity 'flows' downhill to the keyboard helps.

and use shorter cables so the electricity doesn't have as far to travel!

i'v always been told to run 'services.msc' and not 'msconfig'

:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Craigy
i'v always been told to run 'services.msc' and not 'msconfig'

:thumbsup:

msconfig and services.msc are different things Craigy ;)
I think the archived page from Black Vipers website i linked to earlier advises you to use services.msc to edit your services too, instead of the usual start>control panel>administrative tools>services, route that most people use.

I just ment my dad always tells me to use services as it easier and safer than msconfig. lol i didnt know u could get to it through control panel. Guess if that viper page uses it too then it must be right :D :thumbsup:

it does exactly the same thing, but you have a bit more control through the services snap-in.

Originally posted by Cyclone
it does exactly the same thing, but you have a bit more control through the services snap-in.

I cant agree with this though.
I have 4 different instances of AOL in my startup menu (Don't laugh at me having AOL. I know i should have known better :wink: ). Each instance relates to a different service from AOL, yet in my services menu i only have the one instance to cover all 4 :?

erm, that's because I said that the services tab in msconfig and services in the management console do the same thing. Neither have anything to do with your startup menu.