startup programs

When one of my Exec's laptops boots to Windows 7, he presses CTRL ALT DEL and the screen does not return the login box until 15-20 seconds later. Then he can login fine. He is part of a special OU so he does not get the Windows Updates that the rest of our users receive. I took an image of...

Greetings. I have just joined Windows 7 forums today. I have noticed that there may be a few threads regarding 'boot up' in Windows 7. However, after performing some small technical tasks, I decided to post the results for the benefit of everyone. We presently were operating with DSL for...

I have windows 7 home premium 64 bit it has been working fine but this morning i went to turn on my computer and it worked for a few minutes then just stopped working. it is fine if i am on chrome or another program for about a minute and a half and then the program just freezes. I try to open...

My pc takes about 4 excruciating minutes to boot and be ready for use. I have the following progs running at startup and no malware: Yes HKLM:Run NUSB3MON "C:\Program Files (x86)\NEC Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver\Application\nusb3mon.exe" Yes HKLM:Run itype...

Why does my laptop use around 2-3GB of physical memory for NOTHING. I know my skype, Msn, and TS3 lauch on laptop start, but that should be just about it. Atleast form anything that takes much memory. Even those 3 dont take much. i just turn it on and it instantly uses that MUCH OF IT. How do...

Okay so, this started today. My laptop takes forever to load login screen and it shows the Welcome screen for so long. The worse is, when it finally logs in, it takes forever to load the network icon (that lags the whole system). I have no idea what it is, but it never used to do this. And i...

Hello All I use Windows 7 Pro on my Sony VAIO Laptop and I have noticed in the last few weeks that it has became slower and slower so I did the defrag, virus check, disk clean up, windows tweaks and tips un-checked most of the start-up programs and it did make the computer faster except for the...

I recently upgrade to a Z68/i7-2600k combo and I am currently having this BSOD problem whenever the computer wakes up from hybrid sleep. This does not happen if I sleep before logging in. I have tried disabling every start-up program with msconfig, but Kaspersky Antivirus, Asus SmartDoctor...

I just bought a new Lenovo Thinkpad T400. This is my 5th Thinkpad. It is a 2767-P1U. It is running Windows 7. I have the Lenovo drivers installed and have upgraded them to the latest available. I have also got Norton Anti-Virus 2011 and Office 2007 Professional. Windows is fully updated as well...

Hi, I use my laptop for general use but also for processor intensive home studio audio recording. Rather than disable wirless, anti-virus software and a bunch of other things that can help me reduce processor drain each and every time I use it for music, I'd love to be able to have a different...

After opening some corrupt software two nights ago, my task manager got disabled and my computer started to lock up. I immediately rebooted in Safe Mode and ran HijackThis to remove any suspicious startup programs. After doing this, I rebooted into windows and logged in. However, shortly after...

i have windows 7 64bit, and i7 processor, and a hd 5830 graphics with 3gb of triple channel ram.... the problem is that when i turn my pc on, the windows welcome screen comes on, after its done what it does, my screen goes black with the cursor showing for 5-10 seconds, then my desktop...

I have a program that run at startup. It need administrator privileges / elevation. Running the program on admin account, no problem. Running the program on limited/guest account, I have to fill the password. From admin account, how do I allow my program can run without password prompt? The...

Hi, Can someone show me how I can get rid of this warning (screenshot below) It even comes up for my startup programs speedfan etc. I have about 4 or 5 waiting for me on login! I have tried the IE options but have had no luck or did it wrong. I have looked on lots of forums but they all...

I have created a second partition to put all my games, music, work etc. on so I can format my C: drive as it my computer has started running a bit slower, especially with all the startup programmes and all the rubbish I have downloaded. My 2 problems are: 1. I can't seem to extend the volume of...

Well folks, it's not often you see me start a thread in the support forum. But in my lazy days, I just don't feel like looking around for a solution myself. The problem is a long delay after login. I login, and then it takes 30+ seconds for my PC to be ready to use. The only start-up programs...

I have a new computer less then 24 hours old. It is running win7 x64 home premium. It came , unknown to me with the entire suite of essentials. Now, I use live writer, photo gallery and windows mail on my previous computer and I new to try uninstall from control panel. I did this and the...

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OS installed on a machine with 8 GB RAM on a quad core processor. I find one very strange problem very frequently from past few days. The number of start up programs have increased gradually and this means that around 15 to 20 system tray icons appear in...

This is going to take a bit of explanation. So three days ago I installed crysis, i know its been 3 years. That is the last change I made to my system until today. Today, my modem started loosing and gaining connection every 5 min or so. I called up comcast and asked them what to do. The tech...

Whenever I want to drag something across the screen, like moving folders, selecting text, working in photoshop, playing a game, the dragging is not working properly. Sometimes it picks it up after 1 second after holding the button, sometimes it does pick up right away but it breaks after a...