One of the better ways to improve Windows boot time is to stop unwanted programs from loading with Windows operating system. Programs like Skype, Evernote. Windows 7 Forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for Microsoft Windows 7 Computers such as Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a. SmartPCFixer is a fully featured and easytouse system optimization suite. With it, you can clean windows registry, remove cache files, fix errors, defrag disk. How to Fix Freezing Other Issues During Windows Startup What to do when Windows hangs during the startup process. Windows startup programs. What are they Are they required How can I disable them Last database update 3. October, 2. 01. 75. Concerned about why your Windows 1. VistaXP PC takes so long to boot when you switch it onOne of the main reasons is due to the number of programs that run at. Such programs typically but not always include an icon in the System Tray in the bottom right hand. The intention of these pages is to provide a central resource for PC users and Tech Support staff alike and the following information is. Background to the problem. Techniques that can be used to identify and. Every time you boot Windows, a whole lot of programs load automatically. Some of them you need, while some of them are pointless. Heres how to trim the fat. About two months back, Chiranjib had written an article about explorer. exe not loading at Wiindows Startup. It was a good article but what it was lacking. There are a couple of reasons why you would want to stop some programs from loading with Windows. Maybe Windows is booting very slowly and you want speed up the boot. A comprehensive list of programs that are loaded at start up. A request for additional programs or updated information. DISCLAIMER It is assumed that users are familiar with the operating system they are using and comfortable with making the. We will not be held responsible if changes you make cause a system failure. If you are a regular visitor, click here to go straight to the PROGRAMSNOTE E mails received with an attachment from a. Such emails are most likely due to somebody elses PC being infected with a VIRUS which spoofs valid E mail addresses. Virtually all applications you install using the default installation these days decide that they should start up when Windows starts. If you allow these to take control, you can. The reason for this is that all of these programs use a portion of the system memory and resources which leaves a smaller percentage for other programs once theyre. On an older system, for example, prior to tweaking we had 3. Windows took an age before it was. Post tweaking we had a mere 1. Windows was up and running within a minute. For example, if you regularly take part in online gaming or do a lot of graphics or video editing then resources and memory are normally at a premium. Examples of programs. Updaters for products which arent changed that often and can be run manually. Mobile phone managementsynchronization utilities only required if you plug in your phone most days but theyre normally available via the Start menu. Photo management media watchers these wait in the background for you to insert a memory stick or camera with images on and then offer to add them. Adobe Photo DownloaderInk level or similar monitors for printers you can normally tell if the ink level is low and it doesnt run out often. Before we can prevent these programs from running at start up and therefore using up system resources we have to identify them. There are a number of methods that can. Specific details. All of these can also be used to disable programs from starting and are included in the appropriate. Note if your User Account is. Standard Windows 1. Standard User Windows 7, Standard Account Vista or Limited account XP you. For Windows 1. 08. Logo keybutton and type User AccountsFor Windows 8 Logo keybutton and type Control Panel and select User Accounts and Family Safety User Accounts. For Windows 7VistaXP click Start Control Panel User Accounts and Family Safety User Accounts Click on any of the thumbnails shown below and they will open full size. Windows 1. 087VistaXPWith the introduction of Windows 7, Microsoft. Autoruns for controlling which programs run when your computer starts. Windows 1. 08. Autoruns is a free utility developed by Sys. Internals and has now been taken under the Microsoft Tech. Net umbrella. To use it to identify start up programs do the following Autoruns requires no installation, so go to the directory where its located. For Windows 1. 08. Logo keybutton and type This PCFor Windows 8 Logo keybutton and type ComputerFor Windows 7VistaXP Start My Computer. Double click on Autoruns. Select the Logon tab If you highlight an entry further details are shown at bottom of the window Autoruns. The fields were interested which you can copy and paste in are Autorun Entry. Description. Image Path i. Startup Type i. e., the highlighted entry that contains the start up such as HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrent. VersionRunWith older versions of Autoruns you could also export the output as a text file but unfortunately this option is no longer available. If you right click on an entry and select Jump to. Startup Type. For example, if the registry editor is. Name and Data. Registry Editor. Task Manager Windows 1. With Windows 1. 08, Microsoft moved the management of startup programs from the. System Configuration Utility aka MSConfig to Task Manager. To use it to identify start up programs do the following Hit CTRLSHIFTESCIf the Startup tab isnt visible, click on More details and select it. Select the Startup tab and a window similar to the one on the left below will be shown. Right click on any of the column headings and. Startup type and Command Line so you get a window similar to the one on the right Note that you can expand the width of each column by holding down the left mouse button with the cursor on the vertical line between the column. You can also double click on the vertical line between two column headings to maximize the column width. The columns were interested in are Name. Startup type. Command line. Unfortunately, although the Startup type states whether an entry loads via a startup folder or the. Autoruns. Note You may also see some entries with a small arrow before the Name and a number in. This indicates that the entry loads other daughter. Autoruns under the Logon tab. A typical example found on Intel based systems would be Delayed Launcher for which the command. IAStor. Icon. Lauch. IAStor. Icon. exe. Left click on the arrow by the name and youll see 2 sub entries. Delayed Launcher one and the second being the actual IAStor. Icon. exe file which was loaded and is now running. MSConfig Windows 7VistaXPYou can also use the System Configuration Utility referred to as MSConfig from now on to identify startup programs. MSConfig is available for. Windows 7VistaXP. To use it to identify start up programs do the following Click Start Run. In the Open box type msconfig and then click on OK or press Enter. Select the Startup tab and a window will be shown similar to one of those below Note that with all of these you can expand the width of each column by holding down the left mouse button with the cursor on the vertical line between the column. You can also double click on the vertical line between two column headings to maximize the column width. The columns were interested in are Startup Item. Command. Location. Windows Defender Windows VistaXPUntil the introduction of Windows 7, Microsoft recommended using Windows Defender or the. Vista or XP for controlling which programs run when your computer starts. This utility is included by default with Vista and can be downloaded for XP. To use it to identify start up programs do the following Click Start All Programs Windows Defender. Click Tools Software Explorer. Select Startup Programs under Category and a window will be shown similar to one of those below. Click on each entry under the Name column to reveal the details for that entry. The fields were interested which you can copy and paste in are Display Name this is also shown in the Name column on the left of the windowStartup Value. Startup Type. Location. Win. Patrol Windows 1. VistaXPPreviously on this page weve suggested using the excellent Hijack. This originally by. Merijn Bellekom but now available on Source. Forge. There is still a tutorial.