start up/shut down

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hi,
my computer seems to be slow on start up and shut down, how can i find
program's that are running automatically on start up and stop them from doing
so many thanks for any advice offered.
 
my computer seems to be slow on start up and shut down, how can i find
program's that are running automatically on start up and stop them from doing
so many thanks for any advice offered.



My personal view is that the attention many people pay to how long it
takes to boot is unwarranted. Assuming that the computer's speed is
otherwise satisfactory, it is not generally worth worrying about. Most
people start their computers once a day or even less frequently. In
the overall scheme of things, even a few minutes to start up isn't
very important. Personally I power on my computer when I get up in the
morning, then go get my coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I
don't know how long it took to boot and I don't care.

However if you do want to address it, it may be because of what
programs start automatically, and you may want to stop some of them
from starting that way. On each program you don't want to start
automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not to
start (make sure you actually choose the option not to run it, not
just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily and best be stopped
that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run
line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to
start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of
running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell
you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs
you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but
others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do
is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what
the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can get
more information about these with internet searches and asking about
specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
 
there are a number of
reasons as to why startup
and shutdowns are slow.

most of the time it could
simply be software related,

other times it might be
hardware related

or there could be a problem
with reading and writing to
the registry which happens
at start up and shut down.

it could be any of the above
or a combination of them.

a method that Microsoft hasp
provided to analyze performance
issues with windows is to boot
up into safe mode.

if safe mode starts and ends
faster than normal mode,

then you've likely found a
possible clue to the problem.

on the other hand a tool that
Microsoft has provided to
speed up the startup and
shutdown of windows is to
use the hibernation power
option.

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You repeat the same thing over and over. BUT, what if you need it in a
hurry? What if you don't like coffee?
What if you don't power it up in the morning?
IE Not everyone is like you, understand that and offer help.
PS I know that EVERYONE who disagrees with YOU you think is a troll so you
needn't post that.
 
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