One rather disputed issue is Registry programs. I've used Free Window Registry Repair Help for many years, no problems, quite the contrary it seems to have replenished my system.
And uTorrent... if you're not utterly dependent, get rid of it. Get rid of everything called "torrent" or "crack" or whatever. It's only a matter of trying to get cows milk more, free, at no cost... and who of us would do it?
All absolutely right and it was for this reason that I recommended autoruns - tells you everything msconfig does plus a ot more and gives you much greater control.Hello Patrick,
Have you checked your start up programs in "msconfig"?
In my Windows 7 startup, I have 2 programs that start with Windows, that's MSE & Threatfire.
Having more than 4 or 5 in msconfig will slow boot times considerably.
You may also want to check in "Services" many running services need not to be set at Auto and can be changed to manual or even disabled.
You can check this Black Viper’s Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Service Configurations | Black Viper | www.blackviper.com to see what you can change or disable.
One thing I have done in Services is to check the "Dependencies" for the Service I want to modify and if there are No Dependencies in either box, I have that service disabled.
Hope this helps and keep us posted
Don
You are correct- I seem to have a hundred startup programs according to msconfig at command prompt.
Problem I sometimes get message that removal of this program may cause other software to malfunction.
I expect most can be deleted, but how to determine which?
Don't want to make things worse.
Thanx.