Getting a slow PC startup is as easy as catching a cold. Fixing it is as simple as taking an aspirin tablet. If you follow these very simple steps, you will never get lost with giving your computer a fairer chance to survive the slow startup problems that most users simply ignore. Many believe it's a normal thing that should be expected from computers when in fact, you can avoid this unnecessary annoyance in no time, without the need to purchase anything. Solving a slow PC startup problem is incredibly easy: all you need is a good understanding of the procedures and get ready to follow these steps to give your computer a little more speed as if you bought a brand-new PC.
Before fixing anything, you might want to check your long list of installed programs that eat up the memory and speed of your computer. Uninstall those programs that you no longer use, including games, applications, or antivirus that may not be very essential to your system. Don't keep a handful of antivirus of the same function running simultaneously-this is a very common cause of a very slow system startup. Simply choose the ones, which can effectively detect problems without compromising your computer speed. Slow PC startup usually result from an overcrowding of installed programs which all have to be launched at the same time, thus making it longer for the computer to resume on its regular processes due to a long queue of programs waiting to be launched. Eliminating these programs will give you more disk space, and lower RAM consumption, thus making your computer work faster.
Speaking of deleting software applications, you might also want to clear your system from an overwhelming amount of temporary Internet files that occupy a considerable amount of space in your disk, thus aggravating your slow PC startup problem without you even noticing it. In the Internet Explorer page, click 'Tools', choose 'Internet Options', and under the 'General' tab, simply hit the 'Delete cookies', 'Delete Files' and 'Clear History' buttons. This will free your hard disk from unnecessary files and cookies. Fixing slow PC startup problems by clearing the cache, history files and temporary files will give you a good start in speeding up computer applications and programs as they lower disk usage. Also, don't forget to empty the recycle bin regularly!
Finally, in solving slow PC startup problems, we come into controlling which specific programs should be included in the startup, and which should be unpicked. Simply go to 'Start' menu, click 'Run', and type "msconfig" and hit Enter. You will see the list of startup programs under the 'Startup' tab. Choose that essential programs should be included in the startup and uncheck the ones which are not very crucial to the system's operations or suspicious by their names. These are most like the reasons that you have been experiencing a slow PC startup and you are actually one step away from fixing it. Click 'Apply', and 'OK', then a dialog box will prompt you to either reboot to apply the changes right away or to exit 'msconfig' without restarting the computer. It is highly recommended that you reboot your computer so that the changes will be made at the soonest time possible. Prevention is better than cure. Have a PC-faster day without giving a penny away!
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