subject: 9 Things That Might Have Been Slowing Your PC's Bootup [print this page] It's an annoyance when we open our computer and the bootup is taking too long, we might be wondering why and how to speed up our computer. In order to solve the problem, we must first know the problem, so here are the nine reasons why our computer is slow on bootup. Auto-Starting Services - Having too many automated services starting on your bootup will eventually slow down your computer, not all of these kinds of services are helpful and the performance degradation varies from service to service. Auto-Starting Applications - This is the most common culprit for bootup speed problems, all of these applications are activated when the windows starts. For windows xp users, you can use "msconfig" to reduce start up applications. User Profile Date - If the user profile date is corrupted or damaged, it will eventually slow down your bootup time, most of the computers with this kind of problems take around 10 or more minutes before it start. Device Drivers - Poorly written device drivers can slow down your system loading time, so if you think this is the problem of your computer, you can try uninstalling the suspected hardware from your computer. You can search for any driver at All Driver Updates Explorer Shim Components or Winlogon - Viruses and some anti-viruses products will create a shim (substitute) programs that holds system components, in these situation it's is expected that you will experience slow bootup time. Scan your computer if you think a virus is the reason, or on the other hand replace your offending anti-virus with the right one. Hard Drive Performance Level - Device drivers and other core system files are loaded first from disk going to memory before your windows starts, so when our computer starts is needs to access system files from our hard drive. If our hardrive is old or aging or just slow, this can negatively affect the performance of our computer. Hard Drive Disk Fragmentation - Typical system files and drivers are shrouded from fragmentation, however, auto-starting applications are usually not. If your computer has severe fragmentation, it will cause to a noticeable slow bootup. Defragment your PC more often and be rewarded with quicker start time. BIOS Settings - Fine tuning of the BIOS can take off several seconds of time by removing unnecessary diagnostic checks.
9 Things That Might Have Been Slowing Your PC's Bootup
