Many computers take a lot of time to boot (or start ).This is due to many reasons.

Some slight changes can do wonders for your system:

1.Press start->run then type msconfig and press enter.

Go to the startup tab.Here you will see a list of startup items.These are all the programs that automatically start when you boot your PC.It is these that slow down the boot up process.

So uncheck all the unwanted items(like msoffice,messengers other utilities that u may not need at startup).Dont uncheck your antivirus software.

Restart your Pc to and see for yourself, your pc will now boot faster....

2.A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled,but on some systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:

Go to Start Menu and Click Run
Type in regedit then click ok
Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction"
Select "Enable" from the list on the right
Right on it and select "Modify"
Change the value to Y .
Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.

I did that - only left my PestPatrol AS on + took 1 minute + 15 seconds to make desktop appear so didn't save no time

This is a proven technique that i use all the time to speed up peoples computer¬

thanks for the tips

It might cause some problems to your computer, so do it carefully.

thanks

I knew those things but still, with or without I can't see a remarcable diffrence...

thanks for the tip

thanks for the tips

I think it's more easy to buy two hardisks and set them to Raid 0 and you will double your HDD speed and you will boot much faster. This is a real solution rather trying to "tweak" your registry

Thanks!

thanks for ur tip
working fine for me

If so many complain about slow boot then who stops you to use linux?

Thank sfor that excellent post!

I am using Windows 2000. Tried to do that but popup window says "unable to find file...etc." anyone got suggestions?

lol. yup. I'm looking to get Ubuntu with my new computer. I've always wanted to try linux, but then I seen the ease of Ubuntu and the eye candy of Beryl...there is no stopping me from going there.

here is a handy tool from microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/syspe...ot/bootvis.mspx

Thanks guys, these help!!

many people use autorun after installing any software. It's not necessary at all

Yes, autorun is evil.
There are only few programs in my msconfig.

works fine in xp

thanks for the tips even though there are still many application i am not sure not to run.

XP is the system, that needs to be tuned before using

Thanks for the tips.

first check them so you know you dont disable something useful

Guys i have to tell u that it's easier to use Tune Up 2008 software. This program will make all the boring things for u. It will improve your RAM, it will do a registry defrag automatically once in a while, and u will defenetelly help your PC to boot faster cause it has a feature that allows u to uncheck some programs that load automatically on windows startup. (it's the same as msconfig but easier)

Remove short cuts from desktop

Thank for this information & excellent post...

better use hibernation to speed up the PC start up and shut down times

The biggest problem is that almost every time you install new software, it loads when you boot. I have applications that I rarely use like optical character recognition, and those I turn to several times a day like MS Outlook. By simply loading software only when you need it, you can cut your boot time significantly. To see what is loading now and to pick and choose in Windows XP click on your Start Menu. Go to Run. Type: msconfig. You’ll be presented with tabs. You’re probably operating under Normal Start Up which loads all device drivers and services. Choose Selective Startup instead. Under Selective Startup I’ve checked Process System.INI file, Process Win.INI.file, Load System Services, Load Startup Intems and Use Original Boot.INI. If you are an advanced user and you know what you are doing you can select or deselect these boxes as you choose. If you click everything except Services and then click disable all, followed by OK, you’ll end up booting in Safe Mode. Our goal here is to cut back on the Start Up programs. Click that tab. There you’ll find a long list of applications like ALCMTR and hpsysdrv. I took the time to enter each of them in Google to search for what they did. Sites like processlibrary.com proved useful in determining whether or not I should enable or disable the applications on booting. Right now I’ve only selected about a third of those listed. My machine boots faster and I’ve notice no lack of performance.

I'll try this and give you the result later