PC Startup very slow

[derrynoose]

On startup, there is an awful lot of disk activity and it takes 10 minutes before the disk stops and I can begin to use it. I have set the Internet options to update pages only when I visit the page. The hard disk is only one quarter full. Has anyone any suggestions (in layman's language, please) on how I can speed up the startup process? Many thanks.

[Buenchico]

Take a look at what's running at startup. Go to Start>Run. Type msconfig and click 'OK'. Select the Startup tab. If there's anything you see there which you don't need, click to remove the tick alongside it. Click 'Apply' and 'OK'. Restart your PC. You'll see a message indicating that you're using 'selective startup'. Click to accept 'Do not show this message again'. (You can reverse any changes by simply going through the same process and putting the ticks back).

It might also be worth checking the settings in your anti-virus software. It's common for such software to run a full scan at startup (which can slow everything down until the scan is complete). You might want to change the settings so that it either carries out a more basic scan or only scans when you ask it to.

Chris

[Sunny]

Follow the steps below :-
Start 1 Click the "Start" menu.

Step 2
Type "msconfig" and press "Enter" to start the System Configuration Utility.

Step 3
Click the "Startup" tab. Look through the programs in the startup menu and uncheck those you do not need to start at reboot.

Step 4
Click on "Apply," "OK" and "Restart" to accept the new settings and reboot your computer.