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Tweaking Windows Startup
The word tweaking means to
fine tuning the system. Fine tuning a system makes it boot up
faster and to attain peak performance of your system. There are
some procedures to perform that will decrease the boot speed of
the system. Booting time is normally counted from the system
switch on time to availability of desktop to the end user.
Tweaking the windows for much faster is also somehow danger,
because it leaves some important files without loading and causes
trouble during operation, and never checks all the peripherals
that need to run system at its best.
The following tweaks fasten the
system booting process.
BIOS Trick:
When the user switch on the system
the first process is POST by the BIOS, POST means Power On Self
Test, checks all the devices and peripherals. Enabling the quick
boot option in the BIOS fastens the booting time.
Disable Fast User Switching also
quickens the startup of the system.
To disable the feature Start ->
Run, and type “control userpasswords” launches a
dialog; click the way users log on or off. Uncheck the
fast user switching, and click on apply options and
close the window.
Turning off all the effects
Windows XP and Windows Vista have lot
of animations and appearance themes which slows down the system
performance. To disable this setting press [windows] +
[pause break] which launches the system properties.
There click the Advance tab and click settings in
performance frame. There a popup window gives you a dialog
of visual effects. For best performance click best performance
and apply.
Disable compression and indexing:
Storing of files in drive in
compression mode makes the system slower. So disabling this
feature increases the system startup. To disable this Right click
on the drive and select propertied, at the bottom uncheck both
check boxes and give apply. Now these disable the compression and
indexing and made the system faster.
Disable unneeded devices in device
manager:
Windows loads all drivers during the
startup. But some of the devices may be unavailable in the system.
To avoid the unwanted loading of drivers disable the drivers by
click Start -> Run and type “devmgmt.msc”. There
disable the devices that you are not owned. This will avoid
loading of unwanted drivers during startup.
Remove unwanted fonts and programs:
Installing more fonts in the system
increases the system booting time. Removing unwanted fonts and
unwanted applications helps to decrease the booting time.
Third-party tool:
A Tune-up utility which gives all
types of system optimizing techniques and increases the booting
speed. It also gives one click maintenance and automatically
clears the problems, optimizes the registry and decreases the
booting time of the system.
Disabling unwanted Services:
Windows runs lot of services in
background. Some of the process are unwanted and can be disabled
from the startup.
To get the services list click
Start -> Run and type services.msc
Which will opens checked list box
where we can uncheck the unwanted services.
They are
Alerter – this service send
alerts over network to administrator
Computer browser – to browse
through available computer in the network
Messenger - provides facility
to send NET SEND over network systems.
The above services are unwanted when
the system is standalone, without a network connection.
Distributed Link Tracking Client
– This service is used in NTFS file system. If the system didn’t
use NTFS then it is better to stop this service
Help and Support – This
service gives help on pressing F1. If you won’t need this service
you can disable this service.
Print Spooler – if you have no
printer then you can disable this.
Server - for sharing files and
printer among other systems in the network. If you didn’t prefer
file sharing you can disable this service.
Task Scheduler- if you not
preferring any scheduling task it is safe to disable this service.
Smart Card – if you have no
smart, then safely disable this service.
Decreasing Booting Time with
BOOTVIS:
A new utility by Microsoft called
BOOTVIS analyze the startup files and other optimization tasks.
This utility is called BOOTVIS.
Run BOOTVIS
First Trace / Next Boot + Driver
Delays
This will reboot the system
Then BOOTVIS retraces the startup
drivers and other autoruns
Then run the Trace / Optimize
System
Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive
Delays
This will decrease the booting time
of windows.
In windows vista the booting time is
increased by installing the correct updated driver for each
devices. This can be checked by compatibility checker given by the
Microsoft build-in with vista.
These steps increase the booting time
without harm to other applications. |
