One of the major problem faced in windows is the time it takes to load. Have you ever thought why your windows is loading slow even though you have good amount of memory and processor ? I have heard people saying that the windows keeps on getting slow as they install more number of programs and they have no idea about it. Lets try to understand what makes it slow.

What happens when you turn your computer on ?

When the computer is powered, it is programmed to load your operating system which contains programs which is required for its own working. Now when you install a software it might say to Windows “Hey , Please load me also when you load yourself”. There lies the whole key.When you install a software it can ask operation system to load itself at the time of start up. Some software prompts to ask you if you want to load it at start up. But I have seen in most of the case users just click next next and next and thus we have many programs which are ready to load at windows startup, making the whole process very slow.

So how you fix it and make your windows startup faster ?

There are lot ways like using “msconfig” and removing things from startup but if you get curious and do something else, it will result in something which you never wanted. So here is what you can do

AutoRuns is a software for windows which can be used to control things from starup and much more.

• It shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login
• It shows the sequence of programs which will be executed or loaded when Windows processes them.
• These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.

What are things you can do with Autoruns ?

Configure Autoruns to show other locations,

• Including Explorer shell extensions,
• Toolbars, browser helper objects,
• Winlogon notifications, auto-start services etc.

This utility is easy to use both by normal users and geeks. The logon tab os this software is where you find most of the things which is loaded at load time. As they are mentioned with program name you can remove them by un checking it.

A word of caution, do things which you can understand but if you are not sure leave it as it is. This software is not available for Vista. If you are looking for Tuning Vista we have just the right collection of points in 2 parts. Read How to tweak your Vista performance Part -1 and How to tweak your Vista performance Part -2

Download Autrons from this page ( Me and Xp)