I was first puzzled by this as well. How can I speed up things if I delay them ? Let me give you a good example. If you ever tried unpack or pack two archives at once you noticed that it takes considerably more time than performing the operations one after the other.
The same principle can be applied to Windows startups. A lot of software programs try to load during startup: Firewalls, Antivirus scanners, Office indexing and hundreds of others all load at the same time because Windows has no way of prioritizing startups.
Enter Startup Delayer. What this software does is to list all applications that are started when Windows starts. You can then delay the startup of applications that are not system critical. I would for instance instantly start my security applications but delay the start of lesser important programs such as Office, iTunes and other applications of that kind.
I try to keep my startup list as clean as possible and only load Antivir at startup which means that I do not have to use this on my desktop PC. A friend of mine however who likes Norton, Office and all those major bloated applications is using Startup Delayer successfully for some time now.
Update: A review of the latest version of Startup Delayer has been posted here on this site. Feel free to check it out for screenshots and information on what’s new and changed.
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Thanks for the recommendation :D I’ve had to go off and make tea whilst waiting for my laptop to fully start up, so I think this will be very useful! If it works out, I’ll try and post back as to which programs are best opened later in my experience, but it would be interesting to find out how others are using it.
Martin,
Most people who use AntiVir keep AVGNT as well as AVGUARD.exe on. You don’t need to. Only AVGUARD.exe (or the service ) is enough, even the updater is redundant.
I mentioned this here so that you could delay start of avgnt.exe and just start up avguard.exe
I achieved similar functionality using WinPatrol. Can remember the site, think winpatrol.com or something. It used the term delayed startup. *not sure*
I have used ‘Startup Delayer’ for a very long time. Great program that just just keeps getting better.It should have been built into Windows!.
I have used a few other programs from r2 Studios as well, they create great stuff.
Great bunch of people working there.
Amigos Amigas, muchas gracias. Saludos. PURA VIDA.
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