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Startup Items, Which aren't necessairy?
 Jun 13 2009, 05:23 AM
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Torag the Corrupted  Group: Forum Member Joined: January 12, 2007 Member No.: 30,135 Posts: 4,142 Skin: IPB 2.2.0 Default From: Belgium R.S. Status: Retired  |
Hi there. My Vista pc has never really startup fast, or really slow. But it just boots up a little too slow in my opinion. Also when I get to see my desktop, it still takes quite a while to start up a browser (the latest version of Firefox in my case). I imagine this would be because there are too many programs that start up along with Windows. I've reduced the amount quite a bit now, took off some application of the list in msconfig, and it's a little faster now.
But I think there are still application in that start up that I don't need. However, I'm not a very techy person so I'm not sure if it's safe to uncheck some programs from the startup list. So here's a screenshot containing the programs that start up along with my pc.  (sorry for the cropping stuff, it wouldn't let me resize the window) Programs I'd like to keep on the list: µTorrent Rocketdock (it's really on there twice, dunno why) Windows Operating System (obviously) So could anybody tell me which programs are not necessary to start up on boot? (I've already taken off Daemon Tools Lite by the way.) |
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Jun 13 2009, 07:51 AM
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Greater Demon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 16, 2006 Member No.: 5,308 Posts: 2,647 Skin: Invision Pro From: Womb My Highscores: Fencefry R.S. Name: fencefry R.S. Status: Inactive R.S. Clan: God's clan. |
Google Update, RaUI (What is it? I'm just assuming it can be taken off atm), Nvidia media center library (I think...), and Windows Defender.
Depending on what cyberlink and Language app are you can switch those off. |
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Jun 13 2009, 09:12 AM
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Shade Group: Forum Member Joined: October 11, 2007 Member No.: 49,968 Posts: 3,228 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: That Place which isn't America, ENGLAND. R.S. Status: Retired |
Take off one of the rocket Docks.
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Jun 13 2009, 09:14 AM
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Who's gonna hold you from dark until dawn?  Group: Forum Moderator Joined: January 19, 2008 Member No.: 56,626 Posts: 3,808 Skin: Invision Pro From: Montreal, QC My Highscores: Finisterra15 R.S. Name: finisterra15 R.S. Status: Inactive R.S. Clan: Salmoneus |
I'd say remove Windows Defender and Daemon Tools. Both don't really have much use, especially the latter.
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Jun 13 2009, 09:24 AM
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Odd Old Man Group: Forum Member Joined: December 14, 2006 Member No.: 27,897 Posts: 12,921 Skin: RuneScape Black From: Your...Dallas...STAAAAAAA AAAAARSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! R.S. Name: redmonke255 R.S. Status: Member R.S. Clan: Hannah Montana fan club!!1 |
What I did is turn off Daemon Tools, but then add a shortcut in my quickstart menu (the one on the taskbar).
And you really don't need uTorrent unless you're constantly downloading/seeding... |
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Jun 14 2009, 02:42 AM
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Gnome Baller Group: Forum Member Joined: November 13, 2005 Member No.: 1,475 Posts: 1,797 Skin: RuneScape Black From: Middle of nowhere R.S. Name: Gravedigg154 R.S. Status: Member R.S. Clan: Aint got one |
What's cyberlink brs??
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Jun 14 2009, 03:03 AM
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Torag the Corrupted Group: Forum Member Joined: January 12, 2007 Member No.: 30,135 Posts: 4,142 Skin: IPB 2.2.0 Default From: Belgium R.S. Status: Retired |
Apparently Cyberlink was some video application or something.
 Took off a lot of programs, startup is still slow (even though when I see my desktop I can start up my programs I need a bit faster now) |
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Jun 14 2009, 05:36 AM
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Camel Group: Forum Member Joined: March 16, 2006 Member No.: 9,024 Posts: 394 Skin: RuneScape Black My Highscores: N65uk R.S. Name: n65uk R.S. Status: Retired |
Optimise both the startup and services.
Check each startup item here: http://www.systemlookup.com/ Optimise your services using here: http://www.blackviper.com/ How much RAM do you have? What edition of Vista does it have? |
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Jun 14 2009, 06:46 AM
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Torag the Corrupted Group: Forum Member Joined: January 12, 2007 Member No.: 30,135 Posts: 4,142 Skin: IPB 2.2.0 Default From: Belgium R.S. Status: Retired |
3Gb of RAM, Vista home premium.
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Jun 14 2009, 06:07 PM
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Odd Old Man Group: Forum Member Joined: December 14, 2006 Member No.: 27,897 Posts: 12,921 Skin: RuneScape Black From: Your...Dallas...STAAAAAAA AAAAARSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! R.S. Name: redmonke255 R.S. Status: Member R.S. Clan: Hannah Montana fan club!!1 |
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