so it goes back to the boot.ini and finds the next program to load. That is, the loader has instructions to boot the program and before it starts to boot it it looks at the msconfig file where it finds instructions not to load it. I have read that disabling programs through msconfig will make the PC slower than disabling it through the program. If you ever consider this action, look into slipstreaming your OS CD now. The best way to speed up your PC is to format the drive and start with a clean install, (as the life of the PC goes on, it collects little bits of data that you can never get rid of it all without a format), but that requires you to reinstall all your programs, save and reload all your data, and to download Windows service pack 3 and all the updates released since. Other very minor changes can be made like not allowing a background picture on your desktop, but even if you did ten things like that, they would reduce the boot up time by such a small amount you would never notice. Find your 'disk clean up' and clean up your drive. If there are programs you want but do not need to have running when you boot up, open that program and set the preferences not to start at boot or windows start.Ģ. They all take time to load, if there are any you don't even want, uninstall them from 'Add and remove programs' in control panel. Go 'start' 'run' and type 'msconfig' without the ' ', click 'start up' tab and see what programs are running at start up. There is a lot of disagreement about the effectiveness of registry cleaners, if you wanted to run one of the many available online, make sure that you back up your registry (make a system restore point in XP or 7) before you even think of using one.Ī few things you can try to speed up your system:-ġ.

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