MSCONFIG

Windows XP starting up too slowly?
There are numerous reasons why windows can take ages to start up. One of the main causes is having too many programs that start up with windows automatically. What happens is that once windows boots up, all the programs scheduled to start at logon do so but all at once. This creates a huge strain on your computer system’s resources causing many minutes of frustrating delays!

This tutorial will show how one the system configuration utility named msconfig to prevent programs from starting up automatically with windows.

msconfig is a very power full utility. For the purpose of this tutorial we will just be looking at its ability to remove programs from start ups.

There are alternatives such as using programs to delay start up programs and prevent programs from adding themselves to the start up list but that uses other software.
msconfig is already found in windows XP making it very convenient.


Step 1: Open msconfig : here are two ways to do that

To open msconfig directly, navigate to this location.
C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\


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or
Click start >> run
You will be presented with the following window. Type msconfig and hit ok.


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msconfig should start running



As u can see msconfig has numerous functionalities but we won’t be troubling our selves with that. You will notice that there is a tab named startup. Go over and click that.

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Over here you will get to see all the programs that start up with windows.
Now you can choose which programs may or may not start up with windows.

Its best to have an intuitive approach to your choices, keep the ones you need and uncheck the ones you don’t. Click ok.



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The following dialog box pops up. Click restart.



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Once windows restarts you would have noticed a significant improvement in system start up time. Now u can enjoy a faster and efficient start up of windows.