Thread: Speed up your pc easily!!!

Have you noticed that your pc takes way too much time to boot up or when it does programs lag or music and movies skip? This is a very easy way to remedy the problem. This works for pc's (not sure about macs). Go to start and type in "msconfig" and hit enter. Hit the bullet "selective startup." Then hit the tab startup. You will probably see a lot of boxes checked. This is all of the programs that start when you boot your pc. There is no need to have twenty programs running simultaneously when you boot up and it will seriously slow down your pc. Uncheck everything except for virus software, utorrent, and anything you regularly use such as itunes. Hit "apply" and close. It will ask to restart to apply changes. When you restart a box will appear saying that you are using selective startup. Check the box that says do not show this message in the future. You should now notice your pc running much, much smoother!!!! If you notice any problems after doing this you can always go back to the normal startup. Just type "mscong" again and hit the bullet "normal startup." Restart. Hope this helps:)

to add to this , uncheck boxes that you are sure you don't need.

There are few checks you need or you may get a bluescreen. - (win xp only)

Originally Posted by Rebirth

to add to this , uncheck boxes that you are sure you don't need.

There are few checks you need or you may get a bluescreen. - (win xp only)

Thanks, I should have specified I am using Win 7. With 7 you can uncheck everything and the system still operates correctly. I have used this procedure for Win ME, XP, & Vista many times with no problems though. Like I stated in the first post, if you do run into problems you can always revert back to the normal startup.