Msconfig - might not be the answer to all things, but jolly useful for tweaking what 3rd party apps load at start-up.
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Nice one! :thumbsup: I particularly liked the bit at the end of that page (now carefully bookmarked):
Ooo - command line version, and one that uses Unix/Linux style command line switches. Geek nirvana! :geek:Quote:
Autorunsc is the command-line version of Autoruns. Its usage syntax is:
Usage: autorunsc [-x] [[-a] | [-b] [-c] [-d] [-e] [-g] [-h] [-i] [-k] [-l] [-m] [-o] [-p] [-r] [-s] [-v] [-w] [[-z <systemroot> <userprofile>] | [user]]]
If someone's going to tell me that Win8 also has a MS-supplied bash implementation then I'm going to put my pre-order money aside now. :mrgreen:
Powershell exists now and is quite good..
There are quite a few tools out there that can really help your system. I tend to use two main ones, CCleaner for general maintenance and IOBIT Advance system care which does a spectacular job of removing unnecessary background apps. It also allows you to speed up general responsiveness of your system by changing certain aspects of it. Windows actually uses a set of forced delays (god knows why). This software can reduce the delay.
For example if i remember right there is even a small delay on how long it takes to open the start menu...(whyyyy?) and there is a delay on how long it takes to automatically shut down if an application is interfering (or if you want to end a task...delay on that too). The software removes or significantly shortens the length of these delays so it responds faster. I find steam constantly stops my machine from shutting down for a good 7-8 seconds before it auto closes. This has now made it do it instantly. Me like.
Plus a whole host of other features like on boot defrags, malware scanner, game optimiser etc etc. worth a look
Delays are there for good reasons - UI delays are usually a result of balancing against false opens and the shutdown delays are there to allow programs time to close cleanly rather than just terminating them (which has the potential for data loss). Personally, I don't find the need to fiddle with this on W7 in either case - especially the latter where if I shutdown I walk off anyway. For laptops I simply sleep or hibernate so it's a complete non issue. There's almost nothing I fiddle with on 7 because I just simply haven't had to (and partially because I believe the OS team might know better). I do use ccleaner - and that does have a startup tool built in anyway to eliminate shovel-ware updaters and the like.
The start menu appears to open instantly for me..
CCleaner :thumbsup: Their defrag tool is okay too - although I use another free one on my XP VM.
I'll check out ASC, but like dangel, my Win7 system's menu flies up. My works XP box on the other hand ... it's a case of "omg, am I going to get a menu today? Work you useless ba***rd!"
I must admit to being very wary of all-in-one system tools since a bad experience with Iolo's one. System Mechanic 7 was actually quite good, but they forced me into an upgrade to SM8 which started to slow my home XP system more and more and eventually decided to totally screw up the registry (e.g. so I couldn't deinstall any software) at which point I had to do a data offload and rebuild. And to add insult to injury Iolo's technical support were totally unhelpful when I logged a fault report.