I am looking for some suggestions. I have a Vostro with a dual core
processor & 4 g ram. I have a substantial amout of software installed which
makes booting a 15 minute process.
I was wondering if I could create a small network where the main computer
would access a server for the software. I know most software sets pointers
and stuff in the registry - and has small bits of code loaded at boot up.
How - if it can be done at all - can I speed up the boot - even if loading
the individual programs is a little slower.
Any ideas will be appreciated.
Without more information, you might see many replies that contain
words like try, maybe, if, could be, perhaps, and might.
Did you measure the time with a watch or some software so when you
make some adjustments you will be able to compare the before and after
times or is it just that it seems like about 15 minutes (or just too
long).
You could supply more information though and there will be no
guessing.
Reduce the possibility of existing malware on yor system.
Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:
Malwarebytes (MBAM):
http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS):
http://www.superantispyware.com/
They can be uninstalled later if desired.
What is your current antivirus and malware situation? McAfee, Norton,
Spybot, AVG, ZoneAlarm, etc.
Post more information about your system:
Click Start, Run and in the box enter:
msinfo32
Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste back here.
There would be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name) or whatever appears to be only your business that you can delete
from the paste.
Let's see your Task Manager after booting.
Notice in the TM example below, the Virtual Memory column display has
been enabled in TM. This is very good information for troublehooting
and understanding. To do that:
Right click the Taskbar, choose Task Manager and select the Processes
tab.
Click View, Select Columns, check the box that says: Virtual Memory
Size. Expand the width of the Task Manager box so you can see all the
columns and processes.
Double click a column heading in TM to sort by the column. For
example, sort Task Manager by the CPU or Virtual Memory size column.
Take a screenshot of what you see in Task Manager (see below for
instructions).
Download CCleaner, install it, run it, click Tools, Startup and drag
the columns around so all the Startup items are easy to see on one
screen. CCleaner is good for this since it shows more information in
a bigger display and CCLeaner has other useful functions you can check
out later. You can uninstall CCleaner later if you don't use it.
Get CCleaner here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
When you are done, we will be able to see what you are seeing.
To create and email/post/print a screenshot:
Press the Print Scrn button to copy your entire screen to the Windows
clipboard.
Press Alt Print Scrn to copy just the active window to the Windows
clipboard.
Open MS Paint:
Start, Program Accessories, Paint
When Paint opens, press CTRL-V to paste the clipboard, save the new
Paint file to your desktop or someplace you can remember. JPG files
take up less hard disk space than BMP files and just as readable.
Make as many screenshots as you need. Practice makes perfect. Be
careful your screenshot does not contain any personal information.
Practice viewing your images before you upload them to be sure they
are okay.
Some sites will let you attach a file directly to your post. If the
site has some kind of attachment/upload function it is usually easiest
just to use it.
If there is no such function in your message board to upload files,
then use a free third party image hosting WWW site.
Create a free account on some free picture hosting web site. You can
always remove your account later if you want. Here are some free
image hosting sites:
http://www.imageshack.us/
http://photobucket.com/
Using your free account, upload your screenshot(s) (the JPG or BMP
files) to the site and it will return to you a URL web address (a
Direct Link) for your new image(s) which you can paste the Direct Link
in a message post, email, etc.
When you are done, what you post for others to use should look
something like this:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6530/taskmanagerv.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6969/ccleanerstartup.jpg