CNET Forums: Message List - How can I make my Windows 7 machines boot up quickly? http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in How can I make my Windows 7 machines boot up quickly?. CNET Forums: Message List - How can I make my Windows 7 machines boot up quickly? http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com ssd The best thing to do is just purchase a SSD ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5319957.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5319957.html 07 Jun 2012 08:56:02 PDT snail vs monsters here Software starts slow here , and update not so quickly ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5317909.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5317909.html 02 Jun 2012 01:49:27 PDT Windows 7 defrag Windows 7 actually does not have &quot;a defrag option just like previous editions of Windows&quot;. Windows 7 defrag f ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5310110.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5310110.html 11 May 2012 18:57:15 PDT No GUI boot I like the no GUI boot, shaves quite a few seconds off my boot, even with my SSD! Nice tip, thank you. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5310042.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5310042.html 11 May 2012 14:35:33 PDT Regard for help! Hi,<br>Now I boot my PC quickly.<br>I have customized my PC boot setting.<br>Thanks for very helpful and remarkable post ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5309946.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5309946.html 11 May 2012 09:46:21 PDT Re: Number of Processort set to max In my personal experience, it resulted in a much faster boot by enabling all 4 processors, but on my Xeon W3540 it then ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308553.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308553.html 07 May 2012 14:29:16 PDT What about Number of Processors set to max..? Question:<br>I noticed that the notebooks I have purchased (1 Dell, 2 Lenovo) come with &quot;Number of Processors&quot; ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308406.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308406.html 07 May 2012 10:16:49 PDT Hyperthreading I'm confused! According to this:<br><br><a href="http://windows7themes.net/how-to-enable-hyperthreading-in-windows-7.htm ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308044.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308044.html 06 May 2012 11:29:31 PDT You're Welcome! I hope that resource link will help anyone who is considering a move from spinning to SSDrive(s). ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308004.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5308004.html 06 May 2012 10:03:20 PDT ppg5 defrag Windows has a defrag option just like previous editions of Windows however if you<br>have an SSD drive, when you go to d ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307914.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307914.html 06 May 2012 04:45:43 PDT Don't Use Shutdown Don't use shutdown every time. Use sleep instead! Using sleep means you can leave programs open too, and once in sleep, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307877.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307877.html 06 May 2012 03:50:04 PDT fast boot to an ugly Win7 These are the things I do if I want a fast boot up...<br>- run &quot;msconfig&quot; and uncheck all startup items that a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307867.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307867.html 05 May 2012 21:11:24 PDT Changing number of processors on boot. I tried thatbecause of your post, it disabled my hyperthreading so once I booted (quite quickly), ,my system was much sl ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307843.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307843.html 05 May 2012 19:12:52 PDT Boot Windows 7 a little faster +++Guaranteed+++ 1) Boot Laptop or desktop<br>2) When in full boot, type msconfig in search box<br>3) Click on BOOT tab<br>4) Put a check ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307807.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307807.html 05 May 2012 18:15:25 PDT How to get Windows 7 to boot faster (((((GUARANTEED))))) 1) Boot Laptop or desktop<br>2) When in full boot, type msconfig in search box<br>3) Click on BOOT tab<br>4) Put a check ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307806.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307806.html 05 May 2012 18:08:16 PDT same post 7a) Also set a check mark in the No GUI boot<br>7b) set timeout to 3 seconds ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307830.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307830.html 05 May 2012 17:47:14 PDT Windows 7 faster boot guaranteed 1) Boot Laptop or desktop<br>2) When in full boot, type msconfig in search box<br>3) Click on BOOT tab<br>4) Click on ad ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307804.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307804.html 05 May 2012 17:30:13 PDT It's comments like this <b>To 'webserf', thanks for info and link.</b> ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307769.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307769.html 05 May 2012 16:10:12 PDT Couple of things <b>Gemini, I laughed when reading your answer - in sympathy with you. I too sometimes get caught up and completely mysti ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307797.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307797.html 05 May 2012 16:05:13 PDT What does that have to do with the question raised in the top post about a slow booting system?<br><br>Mark ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307687.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307687.html 05 May 2012 10:58:14 PDT American government spies The way the Yankies are spying on everyone now I wouldn't even visit that site, and to download anything will probably b ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307686.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307686.html 05 May 2012 10:46:59 PDT ALSO..... ALSO..... PLEASE READ I wanted to SAY AGAIN:<br>That anyone who is not well-versed or confident, and/or comfortable with messing around with M ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307673.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307673.html 05 May 2012 09:25:52 PDT IT's Comments Like This That: ...keep people separated and closed-minded about the different Operating Systems, etc..<br><br>It took quite a long time ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307672.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307672.html 05 May 2012 09:18:44 PDT my win 7 ult machine boots in 22 seconds but I have an intel 120 ssd 3.2 17 with 12 gigs of 1600ddr3 memory and run nortons utilities to keep my reg clean but by ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307663.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307663.html 05 May 2012 09:03:47 PDT This is what works for me. Live everyone else, I have struggled with this since the inventions of Gates. This requires doing a clean install (once) ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307671.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307671.html 05 May 2012 08:48:09 PDT How can I make my Windows 7 machines boot up quickly? get rid of the norton antivirus it slows down your pc or laptop and try a different virus protection. I had the same pr ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307629.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307629.html 05 May 2012 08:02:49 PDT Google is your friend. I echo what has been said about RAM and SSDs. It is possible to overdo it on RAM, but not easily. I run 12 GB RAM as a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307643.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307643.html 05 May 2012 07:40:46 PDT slow start up My experience with this issue is norton and google. these programs slow down your computer . the one computer I have tha ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307642.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307642.html 05 May 2012 07:33:47 PDT start up - main culprit While I dont think 2 minutes is overly long for a mature system - by mature I mean one with a range of software on it th ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307623.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307623.html 05 May 2012 05:27:31 PDT My 2 bits worth 1. What is the size of your C partition? Keep most of it vacant. I try for 2/3 empty but generally it creeps up to 50%. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307593.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307593.html 05 May 2012 04:36:41 PDT Norton is the problem Hi Tom in my twelve years of experience with repairing slow computers I have found that Norton is a big problem it lets ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307610.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307610.html 05 May 2012 04:34:33 PDT It is not available retail yet. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307547.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307547.html 05 May 2012 03:15:44 PDT Buy Windows 8 (sic)!! Thats's all folks ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307546.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307546.html 05 May 2012 03:13:20 PDT When you really need to reboot In fact, with all modern PCs today, you should use all the energy saving options possible to let your PC running as long ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307564.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307564.html 05 May 2012 02:18:54 PDT I agree Norton is a resource hog.. Get rid of it.. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307577.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307577.html 05 May 2012 01:58:14 PDT You want your computer to boot up quickly? Buy an APPLE... It boots up instantaneously.. . ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307576.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307576.html 05 May 2012 01:56:17 PDT Windows 7 gets better over time, if you clean old snapshots In Windows 7, all steps 3 to 7 are not part of the boot time. They will run in the background and should not freeze your ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307580.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307580.html 05 May 2012 01:48:05 PDT You can turn them off. RTHDCPL is the speaker control software for your laptop and turning it off is upto you. jusched is the Java Update Sched ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307541.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307541.html 04 May 2012 22:18:06 PDT Couple of things by Doh_1 I tried msconfig but while there were 24 Items in the Startup, I did not recognise one of them which may have required d ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307540.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307540.html 04 May 2012 21:35:01 PDT best answer rather than doing a complete hard shutdown simply put the computer<br>in sleep mode when you wanna power down. the optio ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307509.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307509.html 04 May 2012 21:30:43 PDT Booting WIN 7 Fast I have WIN 7 Ultimate with over a dozen programmes that boot with Windows.<br><br>It takes my PC 35 seconds to boot incl ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307524.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307524.html 04 May 2012 21:18:22 PDT Great Advice as Usual Waytron Thanks for a great post Waytron. Our community would do well to copy and paste this information to a document for later ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307523.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307523.html 04 May 2012 20:53:58 PDT Speed is relative, but... I run W2K Pro on a 2.4GHz Intel 845 chipset. 83 seconds from cold to logged in and ready to go. But be reasonable here ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307520.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307520.html 04 May 2012 20:39:38 PDT Not the answer you're looking for If they &quot;become very slow again&quot; after a month or so, you need to figure out what it is you, and/or other user ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307496.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307496.html 04 May 2012 20:23:48 PDT Edit Registry or use a Tweaker Since Windows XP I was editing Registry and msconfig, no matter that Microsoft provided a tool named XP Toys or XP Tweak ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307476.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307476.html 04 May 2012 20:21:02 PDT Hi i have one solution u may try tis.. I too had tis prob b4 i tried one method t works..Goto run type msconfig one window il open in tat goto service option u ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307495.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307495.html 04 May 2012 20:08:23 PDT Defragging is unnecessary with Windows 7 PERIOD!!! If you are running Windows 7, Windows defragments your harddrive on a regular schedule. Once a week if I'm not mistaken ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307510.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307510.html 04 May 2012 19:49:55 PDT Fast Boot???? I constantly read and hear first hand complaints about how long it takes a computer (with any OS installed) to boot up. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307474.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307474.html 04 May 2012 19:31:51 PDT why pc's and laptops take for ever to boot up I have seen many pc's and laptops that take for ever to boot up is becaause they have norton security on them. I have t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307485.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307485.html 04 May 2012 19:21:30 PDT Did you check to see if you have the current BIOS & drivers I have been told that out of date drivers can make a difference in performance when migrating to WIN7 ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307472.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5307472.html 04 May 2012 19:11:13 PDT