Windows XP Speed Boost Tips #1 – Disable Startup programs

There are programs that Windows will start every time you boot up your system, and this will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps by several minutes.

If you’re not sure about which one to disable, no problemo. You can turn it off, restart your PC, and see if everything seems to work. If not, you can always go back and re-enable an item in the Startup list.

Here are is what you have to do:

1. Go to Start button and click Run
2. Type “msconfig”, without quotations
3. Hit enter key or click the OK button
4. A System Configuration Utility window will show up

5. Click the Startup tab

6. In the Startup tab you will see several boxes and some of them were checked. All you have to do is to uncheck extra items that are of no use.

7. After making you choices press the OK button, you will be prompted to restart computer to apply changes.
8. After restarting your computer a dialogue will be displayed. You can check the option for not showing this dialogue every time your PC reboots.

More to come on the next volume of “Windows XP Speed Boost Tips”