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293364 2004-11-17 23:47:00 Hi,

I've noticed my comp is sluggish in the starting stakes. have scanned for spyware virues etc.

I remember reading about a programme that optimises the start process.
can someone refresh my memory please?

Cheers
Disorder (1613)
293365 2004-11-17 23:56:00 It's bootvis. also driverhaven's tune xp does something... Trev O (452)
293366 2004-11-18 00:14:00 Your better off doing a close examination of what programs are launching in the background with Windows and disabling the unneeded bloat.

Bootvis was discontinued by MS after 50 bilion people reported it made comps boot faster,MS claim that it just monitred what resources were being used on boot so programmers could make better .....uh....programs



I disagree with them,On the comps i ran it on it certainly seemed to modify the boot sequence,and display the desktop earlier while continuing to load background apps.


but then,.......i also bought a magnetic belt......
metla (154)
293367 2004-11-18 05:53:00 > but then,.......i also bought a magnetic belt......

lol!

You could try running msconfig (start - run - type msconfig) and see what is really running at startup.
Or you could just reinstall windows (or linux ;))
crazy monkey (6347)
293368 2004-11-18 07:08:00 I've run bootvis on my system and it sped up the startup a little, what I noticed mostly is that it resulted in the system tray apps all appearing almost instantly all at once...... drcspy (146)
293369 2004-11-18 07:45:00 mine does that too now i've optimised again, all at around a pathetic 74 secs!! Trev O (452)
293370 2004-11-18 16:34:00 hmmmmmmmm...........thought mine was slowish at around 45-50 secs....not too worried anyway the thing hardly ever gets completely shut down..... drcspy (146)
293371 2004-11-18 18:18:00 Ahhh, I can only dream of 50 secs!

It used to be 28 secs, but now I have teatimer, AVG7, ZA5.5, Wallpaper Changer and Sp2. So I guess it's a sacrifice to at least feel safer.
Trev O (452)
293372 2004-11-18 19:53:00 >
> > So I guess it's a sacrifice to at least feel safer.
I hope you wear a seat belt on your chair also ;)
Thomas (1820)
293373 2004-11-18 20:03:00 And crash helmet!! Peter H (220)
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