I have written my fair share of articles about how to speed up the start up of the Windows operating system. One of the best tips is to remove programs from autostart that are not needed. While you certainly want your security software to start with Windows, you most likely do not want a program [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

One of the most effective ways of speeding up the system start of the Windows operating system is to disable autostart entries that are not needed during or immediately after the operating system launch. But that is obviously only an option if the programs are not needed. There are however programs that are required shortly [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Autoruns is the program to analyze the Windows startup. It is the most complete offering a huge feature set (which can be at times intimidating). Today Autoruns for Windows 10 has been released to the public. The new version of the popular autostart manager is offered as a free download from Technet.

Categories: Software, Windows

The Windows operating system launches all startup programs more or less at the same time during system start. This can slow down the startup of the system significantly especially with multiple applications in the autostart list. The consequence for the user is a slower unresponsive system until the programs have all been started. The most [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Here is a quick tip that might come in handy in certain situations. Most users have at least some software programs in their system autostart. This means that these programs are started when the Windows operating system starts. The benefit is that these programs are loaded before any user interaction which is essential for security [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

When you log into GNOME are there applications that you wish would start automatically? Are you one of those that fire up your web browser or your email client as your desktop is finishing the loading process? If that’s the case you’re in luck, GNOME (and most Linux desktops) allows you to add applications to [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Autoruns is for many experienced computer users the only software program worth mentioning when it comes to managing Windows startup settings. Inexperienced users on the other hand are often overwhelmed by the sheer functionality of the startup software and prefer software programs that display less information and concentrate on the core: listing Windows startup programs. [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If you load to many applications during startup you might notice that this might delay the startup even further because of the system resources required to load the applications at the same time. A better way to deal with startup applications would be to load them in sequence instead ordered by level of priority. Delayed [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Ever felt the need to start an application during Windows startup every now and then but not all of the time ? Maybe you want to quickly start and play the new game that you recently installed, or just browse through your emails as quickly as possible without having to go the extra mile and start the application manually.

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Windows