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Is it possible to get this video narrative in text form? It would make it much easier to follow while going thru the steps.

I found the instructions to be much too fast and difficult to perform along with speaker

I totally agree. It would also be beneficial to know whether these steps work in XP or are they strictly VISTA

Videos don't teach, unless there is a text alongside. Not new, it's like that since the start of audio visuals...videos are just for a quick glance to remember...put it in writting (if you like your READERS...I repeat: READERS) the rest, is for YouTube...

Thank you

I agree they do speak too fast but, all
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h1. How to Make Windows Start Up Faster
I don't know about you, but I love spending the first 10 minutes of
every workday watching Windows start up. It's like a Zen thing. If
you'd rather get right to work, though, the following tips should help
you make Windows start much more quickly.
h2. Lighten the Load
A
typical PC loads a lot of programs every time it starts. Each of the
icons in your system tray (the area near your clock) represents an
auto-start application. And there are probably other programs on your
machine that start automatically but don't make their presence known so
easily. Each autoloading app slows your boot time--a little or a lot.
And because most of them continue to run in the background, they rob
you of a little performance.

Before you start eliminating autoloaders, though, make sure you can undo your changes. In Windows XP, Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore. Select Create a restore point, click Next, call your restore point something like before removing autoloaders, and choose Create. Click Close once you've created the restore point.

In Windows Vista, select Start, Control Panel, System. Under 'Tasks' on the right side of the window, click System Protection. In the System Properties box that comes up, click Create at the bottom of the window.

XP users should now select Start, Run, type msconfig, and press <Enter>. (In Vista, select Start, type msconfig into the Search box, and press <Enter>.) Click the Startup
tab, and you'll see a list of all your autoloading programs, each with
a check box. Uncheck an item, and it will no longer load at startup

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Using the "msconfig" is more convenient and definitely increase your windows start up speed. Almost 80% of start up slowdown are from the start up items. Stick to "msconfig", but be sure that you know the start up item that you are going to disable. Don't worry you don't need to set an restore point to do this. It will just prompt you a message after restarting. If problem persist or you disable a wrong item no need to worry you can always access the "msconfig" panel and recheck that item that may cause the problem. Just remember, know the items before you disable them.

Thank you for the printed instructions. I will try them now, as I'm tired of waiting on a slow startup.

One simple way of making your system faster is to reinstall your OS. That way, you're like new. Don't forget to backup what you want to keep.

Does this information apply to Windows 7?

This post has been edited by chevrolet1994: 25 January 2010 - 09:56 AM

Not only is it hard to follow this video for people with normal hearing, but if you are hard of hearing,forget it.

It needs captions.

I can't believe that in 2010, PC World is using Windows XP in this video. I just stopped right there!!!

Back to the forum topic ... HIBERNATE (either Linux or Windows. The slow booting happens in Win or Linux if there are complex networks to be re-connected, and/ or errors in your computing systems (hardware or software errors.

Modern PC operating systems perform error detection & correction when they cold boot (from zero power, zero hibernation).

AUSTRALIA: most networked corporations have workstations on XP - cheaper hardware costs. Some workstations demand greater power (eg multimedia editing) - but these are the exceptions.

Some new netbooks are installed with XP, though the one I'm using came with Win7-32 bit. I'm (dual-booting) with Ubuntu 10.04 (not the latest 10.10 - too buggy).

I'm now using such a netbook, linked to my portrait-mode 24 inch LCD display (1920x1200), simultaneously used the netbook's LED-LCD to provide lighting to my keyboard (in total darkness elsewhere - my medical carer {wife} is sleeping).

Retired (medical) IT Consultant, Australian Capital Territory