Windows Start-Up - what NOT to remove?

[KasinoKing]

My Laptop runs on WindowsXP (my deliberate choice, as I hate the later versions!) - but it takes AGES to boot up and sometimes runs tediously slowly.

I would like to remove all un-necessary programs from the Start Up - but how do I know what is essential for the computer to run?
I am terrified I might delete something important and stop it from starting altogether

An computer "geeks" have some advice?

Thanks,
KK

 

[mathsboy1975]

My Laptop runs on WindowsXP (my deliberate choice, as I hate the later versions!) - but it takes AGES to boot up and sometimes runs tediously slowly.

I would like to remove all un-necessary programs from the Start Up - but how do I know what is essential for the computer to run?
I am terrified I might delete something important and stop it from starting altogether

An computer "geeks" have some advice?

Thanks,
KK

Sound like you could do with a memory upgrade. You could run task manager and list all processes by memory usage and CPU usage to identify anything that is hogging system resources. You could also try running a disk defragmentation and a disk cleanup (dumping old temp files and stuff like that). I don't think you can break your system by removing things from the start up list as Windows should not allow you to remove something that is critical to system running. It is usually only by deleting system dlls that you can get into trouble like that. Try the task manager to identify resource hoggers is probably a good starting place.

 

[mellakka]

MSCONFIG allow you to choose programs what start up beginning

Here is easy tutorial how to use that

 

[Stovetopp]

KK, I bet with all the casinos on your site you allowed them to be in your "startup"

O now use windows 8, wihen I had XP and windows 7
but when it ask me if I want it in start up I say no.
I am no geek by any means but when you start up your computer , it has to go through all the start ups until it reaches where you want to go.
At least that is the concept
I had that problem with my other computers
Jst do as they say here delete fragment gl

 

[Balthazar]

My Laptop runs on WindowsXP (my deliberate choice, as I hate the later versions!) - but it takes AGES to boot up and sometimes runs tediously slowly.

I would like to remove all un-necessary programs from the Start Up - but how do I know what is essential for the computer to run?
I am terrified I might delete something important and stop it from starting altogether

An computer "geeks" have some advice?

Thanks,
KK

You won't like to hear it but you're grasping at straws. XP is terribly outdated now and has not been updated in several years. Recent computers won't run it properly and it's seriously limited for today's applications.

On the bright side, you can customize Windows 7 and Windows 8 to look and feel exactly like XP if you want to.

 

[LondonDJ]

helpful program

Hi KK,

There's a free tool I downloaded called Should I Remove It? This worked for me, hope it's useful for you too:

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best,

LondonDJ

 

[randomiam]

my ideas for fix

remove all programs you not using and drivers software for printer you not longer have get a program like reg clean and removed all the dead files that dont connect to anything if your useing nortan antivirus take it off and replace with one that uses less cpu power same with torrent programs make sure there no crap like limewire or bearshare or whatever bad fileshare rubbish you may have those things kill cpu power mabye get another stick of ram its pretty cheep and easy to install yourself evan get a stick twice the size of what you have theres my ideas also a virus scan adware scan i recommend panda cloud antivirus and spybot s@D from safer networking i think regclean is there to these are all free programs so you dont have to spend your wagering dosh

 

[skiny]

My Laptop runs on WindowsXP (my deliberate choice, as I hate the later versions!) - but it takes AGES to boot up and sometimes runs tediously slowly.

I would like to remove all un-necessary programs from the Start Up - but how do I know what is essential for the computer to run?
I am terrified I might delete something important and stop it from starting altogether

An computer "geeks" have some advice?

Thanks,
KK

What not to boot up when you start your computer - Windows XP.

I spent years advocating this OS. When I used to run it I felt it was the best OS to date.

But now it's terribly outdated. It's like asking why you're not getting good gas millage from your Cordoba.

If your computer is at least relatively new, upgrade to 7 and then set it to look like XP like Balthazar said.

Give it a week and you won't look back.

 

[Andy Walker]

My Laptop runs on WindowsXP (my deliberate choice, as I hate the later versions!) - but it takes AGES to boot up and sometimes runs tediously slowly.

I would like to remove all un-necessary programs from the Start Up - but how do I know what is essential for the computer to run?
I am terrified I might delete something important and stop it from starting altogether

An computer "geeks" have some advice?

Thanks,
KK

A fine program to use that is less daunting than the ms config command is c-cleaner

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It cleans unneeded files and internet cookies etc. and also has a simple option menu (tools) to disable unwanted start up programs like, adobe reader, I tunes update checker, Google chrome update checker etc.

Windows XP is a fine operating system when used with the latest and last service pack (service pack 3) but unlike the newer variants it simple becomes bloated over time and power users recommend a fresh install every 1 to 2 years.

Sticking more than 2gb of ram into a windows xp equipped machine that is only used for internet and word processing is pretty pointless and adding more than 3gb on a “normal” machine that does not use the 64 bit version is a waste of money.

I should add it has less than a year left of support, after June 8th 2014 it will become a security liability.

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You may get some driver issues with a new computer running it but then again a new computer would either come with windows 7 or windows 8 and installing XP over windows 7 or 8 is quite tricky and really only for geeks.

Even ancient machines tend to run windows 7 because this operating system is less of a resource hog.

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A word to the wise, unless you have a touch enabled laptop or a tablet windows 8 seems a little troublesome to navigate, there is a patch coming soon though called windows 8.1 code named windows blue that addresses many issues customers have voiced opinions on, namely “no start menu” just tiles.

I would seriously start looking for an upgrade if possible the clock is ticking on this operating system.

 

[jetset]

I was a huge XP fan but switched to 7 on fears that XP would be left to die by Microsoft - for the first week it slowed my workrate down, but then I got with the program and have not looked back since. It's worth the switch.

 

[GrandMaster]

A bunch of things like flash, java, adobe reader, realplayer, google earth, chrome, etc, check automatically at startup if there is a new version available. You can use CCleaner to see what programs start automatically at logon and disable the updaters that you don't want, this alone can make a noticeable improvement, but this means that you will need to check for updates manually every once in a while.

 

[Andy Walker]

A bunch of things like flash, java, adobe reader, realplayer, google earth, chrome, etc, check automatically at startup if there is a new version available. You can use CCleaner to see what programs start automatically at logon and disable the updaters that you don't want, this alone can make a noticeable improvement, but this means that you will need to check for updates manually every once in a while.

The programs phone home when launched to check for newer versions just not every time on a boot of the computer. Java checks only once a month and it is such a broken model is it recommended not have it installed some browsers disable it and you have to manually tell the browser to use it.

Adobe programs such as flash and reader are a confused bunch my secunia personal software updater checker program insists that an update is available but the help files on said programs say my system is up to date, I checked with another user and they have the newer version, I guess unless I go directly to the website and manually download the newer versions then I will have to wait.

Google products update in the background when launched and don't even tell you this is happening lol and they use their own version of flash run in a sandbox so potential viruses or virtual bullets shoot the sand not the operating system.

 

[GrandMaster]

It does not matter how often the updater phones home as long as it is not something so ridiculously frequent as to interfere with the normal operation of the computer, but these updaters fight for resources with all the other programmes at startup time and even after startup they take up a few megabytes each.