Window Xp Tricks:Quicker Startups

Enable Quicker Startups with a Boot Defragment:

There is a way to speed up XP startup: make your system do a boot defragment, which will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster.

On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it may not be on yours, or it may have been changed inadvertently. To make sure that boot defragment is enabled on your system, run the Registry Editor [Hack #68], and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
Edit the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y. Exit the Registry and reboot. The next time you reboot, you'll do a boot defragment.

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There is a simple trick to make your Windows XP, Windows 7 computer startup process faster. Your computer will take only 10 seconds to complete startup process after implementing this trick on your windows computer. Generally a windows XP computer takes some time to complete startup process. Besides Windows 7 computer takes more time comparatively. You have to wait while starting your computer so that it completes startup process then you can continue your work.

Earlier we have discussed simple trick to Shut down computer instantly. There are simple settings in Windows XP, Windows 7 computers called StartupDelaywhich is set up to higher value by default. This causes some delay while making startup process on your computer. But you can assign lower values to make windows startup process faster.

You can follow simple steps given below to make your windows XP, Windows 7 computer startup process faster: -

• Go to Start >> Run. Type regedit in it and hit Enter
• This command will open registry editor. Now browser registry editor folders as HKEY_LOACAL_MECHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetContr olContentIndex

• You will see a key named StartupDelay in right hand side panel. Double click on this key.
• A new pop up settings window will open. By default, Here Value data is assigned some higher value which makes windows startup process slower. Change value data to some lower value like 30000.

• Now press OK.

Second Step.

Your computer initiates some processes automatically while starting windows. These programs takes some time to start and can make windows start up process slower. You can disable these extra programs which will not start automatically on windows startup.

Just follow these simple steps to disable extra programs: -

• Go to Start >> Run
• Type msconfig in it and press Enter.
• A System Configuration settings windows will open. Go to General Tab and select Selective startup, Load System Services and Load startup items.
• Now go to Startup tab. Deselect some applications or programs which you don’t want to start automatically on windows startup.

• Finally press Apply and OK.
• Reboot your computers. Now It will start in approximately 10 seconds.

In this way you can make your windows computer startup process faster which will take only 10 seconds to complete startup process.