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Near-certain ways to improve PC startup times
Fred Langa
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Four free tools offer safe and certain ways to pare your boot times to the
minimum.
The process takes a little time and effort, but if you follow the steps
outlined here, better boot times are all but guaranteed!
PC startup times are clearly a hot-button issue for many Windows Secrets
readers. In the July 12 Top
<http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/house-call-2012-one-family-four-pcs-2/>
Story, "House Call 2012: One family, four PCs," a passing mention of a
semi-automated, boot-time improvement tool brought a flood of e-mail that
continues to this day.
Using that tool - Soluto (free; site <https://www.soluto.com/> ) - I trimmed
the boot time of one House Call PC by 25 percent. But Soluto is not a
panacea, and it has too many serious drawbacks to merit a general
recommendation for routine use.
In fact, Soluto requires so many caveats that I devoted the entire Aug. 16
LangaList Plus column
<http://windowssecrets.com/langalist-plus/readers-ask-many-questions-about-s
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when it does make sense to do so.
But that raises a question: If not Soluto, then what's the best
general-purpose way to optimize boot times?
The solution isn't automated, but it is tried and true. It's also relatively
easy, though it will take some time.
In this article, I'll show you how to analyze and optimize your PC's
startup, using any of four different startup editors - all free. As Soluto
does somewhat automatically, you'll be manually selecting which apps are
loaded when Windows boots. (The fewer the apps loaded at startup, the faster
the boot time.)
These editors differ in complexity and power, but all use the same basic
step-by-step process. Because of that commonality, I suggest you read this
article through to the end before doing anything to your PC. That way,
you'll have a complete overview of the options available, and you can select
the right tool for your needs and abilities.
First steps for safety and reliability
As always, before making significant changes to the Windows system, start by
creating a system image (or at least a complete file backup). Store the new
backup somewhere other than the hard drive you're working on - such as on
optical discs or another hard drive. This guarantees you'll be able to roll
back or undo any changes that might unexpectedly muck up your system.
(Need a refresher on system imaging or backups? See the May 12, 2011, Top
<http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/build-a-complete-windows-7-safety-net/>
Story, "Build a complete Windows 7 safety net.")
Now you're ready to safely reconfigure Windows' startup. Start by timing how
long your PC takes to boot with its current configuration. This is your
baseline, which you'll use to gauge the benefits of any changes you make.
(Removing some apps from the startup folder might have negligible effect on
overall boot time but will take more time to load from scratch later on.)
If you want real precision, dig out a stopwatch. But frankly, split-second
startup time differences are not going to improve your computing
productivity. So it's fine to stick with any standard clock with a sweep
second hand or seconds counter (or even with careful, metered counting -
i.e., "one-thousand one, one-thousand two, .").
A quick and easy change: Edit the Startup folder
All versions of Windows have a Startup folder that might contain shortcuts
to software that runs at boot time. I say "might contain" because many
programs bypass the Startup folder and instead insert themselves into a
lower level of the boot process that's harder to get at. We'll deal with
those later.
Those exceptionally well-behaved programs that do use the Startup folder are
very easy to modify. Open your Startup folder by clicking Start/All
Programs/Startup.
My PC's Startup folder is shown in Figure 1. Yours will undoubtedly be
different. As you can see, mine contains shortcuts to the Secunia PSI (site
<http://secunia.com/products/consumer/psi/> ) and What's my computer doing?
(site <http://www.itsth.com/en/produkte/Whats-my-computer-doing.php> )
utilities. (Want to know why they're there? See the July 26 Top
<http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/software-that-updates-your-other-softwa
re/> Story, "Software that updates your other software," and the Aug. 22
LangaList Plus column
<http://windowssecrets.com/langalist-plus/apps-temporarily-and-randomly-free
ze/> , "Apps temporarily - and randomly - freeze.")
Start menu options
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pg>
Figure 1. My PC's Startup folder contains just two shortcuts: one to Secunia
PSI and the other to What's my computer doing.
Because these are useful programs that I want to run at startup, I'll leave
their shortcuts in the Startup folder.
If your Startup folder has shortcuts to software that doesn't need to run at
startup, simply cut-and-paste the shortcut elsewhere (such as to your
desktop).
Programs whose shortcuts have been moved will no longer run at startup - but
you can still launch them manually, whenever you like, by clicking the
relocated shortcut.
If you removed anything from your Startup folder, restart your system and
re-time Windows startup. If there's no significant reduction in boot time,
simply paste the shortcut(s) back into the Startup folder and things will be
back the way they were before.
Less quick and easy: using System Configuration
It would be great if all startup items were that easy to edit, but they're
not. To see and alter the rest of a system's startup items, you need to use
a special-purpose startup editor.
You already own at least one editor; it's built into your current version of
Windows. The System Configuration tool is relatively basic, but it works and
is always available.
To open System Configuration in all current versions of Windows, simply type
msconfig in the Start menu's text-entry box and press Enter.
When System Configuration opens, select the Startup tab. Figure 2 shows
what's in my Startup list (yours will, naturally, be different).
MSConfig
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jpg>
Figure 2. System Configuration's Startup tab lists all apps automatically
loaded during system startup. (Win7's version shown; Vista's and XP's are
similar.)
You can drag-adjust the utility's column widths for ease of reading, and you
can click on the column headings to sort (or reverse-sort) the listed items.
Spend some time carefully working through your list of startup items to
identify software that you don't want or need to autorun at startup.
How do you know what's needed at startup?
Some of System Configuration's listed startup software will be self-evident.
For example, if you see something called "Google Update" or "Java Auto
Updater," there's little mystery as to what the software is.
On the other hand, some software isn't so easy to identify by name. In those
cases, you can use Google, Bing, or the tool of your choice to search for
the name of any mystery software. You can also use specialized
software-identification tools such as PC Review's free Startup Files
Database (site <http://www.pcreview.co.uk/startup/> ).
As you identify each piece of startup software, decide whether it really
needs to autorun at startup or not. This is a judgment call.
For example, I don't need Google Update in my Startup list. That's because
most Google tools (Chrome, etc.) already check for updates when you run
them. Having Google Update run at startup is largely redundant.
I already run Secunia PSI at startup (see the July 26 Top
<http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/software-that-updates-your-other-softwa
re/> Story for more info on Secunia), and it ensures that many other
programs on my PC are kept up to date. (With a centralized update tool such
as Secunia PSI running, I don't need additional third-party auto-updaters
also running at system startup.)
When you identify software that doesn't need to autorun at Startup, simply
uncheck (deselect) it in the System Configuration Startup list. Unchecked
items will not run during subsequent startups - simple as that.
Figure 3 shows that I've unchecked Google Update, hpwuSchd (an auto-updater
for my HP printer), the Java updater, and three pieces of Kies software
(little-used Samsung smartphone-related tools).
Startup app selection
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elect.jpg>
Figure 3. Disabling startup items is simply a matter of clearing their
checkboxes.
After you've disabled one or more items, reboot and retime your startup
again. If it turns out that you disabled something you shouldn't have,
simply rerun msconfig, recheck the box to enable the item, and reboot.
Note! Don't go nuts and deselect everything. Some items truly belong in your
system startup. For example, you want security tools (antivirus,
anti-malware, etc.) to be up and running as quickly as possible, so leave
them in your startup list. Use common sense and remove only those items that
you clearly can do without.
Next stop: Editing the startup Services list
When you've cleaned up items in the System Configuration Startup list to
your satisfaction, check out the Services tab. There's more risk in
modifying these items - they're deeper-seated, system-level software
services - but there are usually a few items here that are safe to remove
from the system-startup process.
Use the same technique you applied to applications: identify each item and
make an informed judgment as to whether it needs to be in startup or not.
(If you're not sure about any given service, it's best to leave it alone.)
Deselect unwanted items, reboot Windows, and note the effect on startup
time. Also keep an eye out for anything that's no longer running properly.
Figure 4, for example, shows that I've unchecked the auto-updaters for Flash
(which I update via Secunia PSI) and the Bing Bar (which I almost never
use).
caption here
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lect.jpg>
Figure 4. Some system-level services may be safely removed from startup.
Here, I've unchecked the Flash updating service and the Bing Bar.
When you're done with all your edits, your start times should be lower than
your baseline number - perhaps significantly so!
More start-time editing tools and other options
As mentioned at the top, System Configuration is a basic tool. Windows has
one more tool built in - the Administrative Tools' Component Services applet
- that offers additional startup-editing options. But it's a tool aimed at
expert users. I'll cover it, separately, in a future column.
Meanwhile, the following three alternatives offer more ease and/or more
options than System Configuration. All are available in free versions and
all run on Windows XP, Vista, and Win7.
Piriform's CCleaner (free and paid versions; site
<http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER> ) is often recommended in the Windows
Secrets newsletter because of its ability to remove junk files and bogus
Registry entries. But it also has a built-in startup editor that offers
all-in-one access to more startup-related options than does System
Configuration - for example, startup options for Internet Explorer (shown in
Figure 5), Scheduled Tasks, and Windows Explorer's Context Menus.
CCleaner Startup control tool
<http://windowssecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/W20120906-TS-CClean-St
art.jpg>
Figure 5. CCleaner's startup editor gives easy access to system startup
items and more.
WinPatrol (free and paid; site <http://www.winpatrol.com/> ) is another
multifunction utility, but one that's geared toward monitoring system
changes. It includes an excellent and comprehensive startup editor, shown in
Figure 6.
WinPatrol startup controls
<http://windowssecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/W20120906-TS-WinPatrol
.jpg>
Figure 6. WinPatrol's nicely designed startup editor makes it easy to dig
into and modify almost all system-startup behaviors.
Perhaps the most powerful startup editor of all is Microsoft's Sysinternals
Autoruns (site <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902> ),
which can be used as a live, online tool (no formal installation required)
or as a conventionally downloaded utility. (See Figure 7.)
Sysinternals Autoruns benefits from Microsoft's inside knowledge of how
Windows works. It can reveal more details on autorunning and startup
software than any other tool I'm aware of.
Sysinternals Autoruns
<http://windowssecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/W20120906-TS-AutoRuns.
jpg>
Figure 7. Microsoft's Sysinternals Autoruns offers extensive control over
all aspects of Windows startup.
Take your pick! Start with System Configuration if you're not a Windows
expert. Make a system backup, and then begin editing your startup software
by using the aforementioned steps.
A faster boot might be just minutes away!
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links to reports of a zero-day attack that uses Java to gain entry to
machines.
Although the initial recommendation is to disable Java, various Lounge
members debate whether you need Java at all. Join the discussion
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Office Applications
General <http://windowssecrets.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/13> Productivity
Need
<http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/148498-Do-I-need-to-install
-Office-2003-SP3-just-for-Publisher> to install Office 2003 SP3 just for
Publisher? *
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Custom
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rd-2003-quit-working> buttons in Word 2003 quit working
Spreadsheets <http://windowssecrets.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/15>
Display
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sed-on-a-cell-value-per-row> graphic based on cell value per row
Databases <http://windowssecrets.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/14>
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subform-view-in-main-form> data on subform; view in main form *
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Windows
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this beast?
Windows
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under user accounts
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ivacy-concern-Finally-had-to-wipe-out-my-profile> security/privacy concern:
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Security <http://windowssecrets.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/45> & Backups
Disable
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Expansion
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your hands on one of these, and you won't be smearing your fingerprints all
over your screen anymore.
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