IT question

[BazinBlack]

Morning all,

Can anybody help with the following? My PC is running very slow and I think its mainly to do with loads of applications running in the background, is there any way I can disable these during boot up?

Thanks in advance,

Bazza

[dan-electro]

You should be able to change your start up applications by doing the folowing :

1. Click Start.
2. Type Run.
3. Click on "Run"
4. Type - msconfig
5. click ok
6. click on the "startup" tab
7. You will then see a list of applications that run on "startup".
8. Unckeck the ones you don't want to run and click OK.

[Toiler On The Sea]

You should be able to change your start up applications by doing the folowing :

1. Click Start.
2. Type Run.
3. Click on "Run"
4. Type - msconfig
5. click ok
6. click on the "startup" tab
7. You will then see a list of applications that run on "startup".
8. Unckeck the ones you don't want to run and click OK.

If your not sure what they are, google them and find out?
Better to not delete and have a working pc, than to delete something important and have a novelty paperweight

[BazinBlack]

You should be able to change your start up applications by doing the folowing :

1. Click Start.
2. Type Run.
3. Click on "Run"
4. Type - msconfig
5. click ok
6. click on the "startup" tab
7. You will then see a list of applications that run on "startup".
8. Unckeck the ones you don't want to run and click OK.

If your not sure what they are, google them and find out?
Better to not delete and have a working pc, than to delete something important and have a novelty paperweight

Thanks guys, I turned off a few of the applications that I know I do not need which has made a difference, but it is still a bit slow, may just have to live with it until i get a new one.

Thanks again,

Bazza

[theraven1979]

Wise words - I tend to sort by "Manufacturer" and unless it's MS or something I'm aware of I'll usually end it - Also, if in doubt bring Task Manager up. Look at what's currently running - if it's something you want to stop then kill it (better to do this first rather than to start removing things from booting up). Always make sure you have a "Restore Point" and the startup discs so it if does go to tits then you're in a position to rebuild (which isn't always a bad thing).

There's also "Services" as well but that's for another day I guess

Jim

You should be able to change your start up applications by doing the folowing :

1. Click Start.
2. Type Run.
3. Click on "Run"
4. Type - msconfig
5. click ok
6. click on the "startup" tab
7. You will then see a list of applications that run on "startup".
8. Unckeck the ones you don't want to run and click OK.

If your not sure what they are, google them and find out?
Better to not delete and have a working pc, than to delete something important and have a novelty paperweight

[Dom P]

Do a disk defragment, and don't store any files on your desktop...

[mantheylovetohate]

Switch it off and back on again. I believe it's called 'power cycling'.
F'king computers!

[ravenlunatic]

Give it a good hard whack with a hammer, and a liberal spray of WD40 through any holes you can spot in the outside, that should free things up a treat.

[Alias]

Give it a good hard whack with a hammer, and a liberal spray of WD40 through any holes you can spot in the outside, that should free things up a treat.

I can confirm that spitting beer through your nose, all over the monitor, does them no good at all.

[BazinBlack]

Cheers everyone,

[Blackbeered]

Switch it off and back on again.

Owen, have you ever worked in IT

If not, you should seriously consider it............our IT dept at work use this diagnosis for EVERYTHING

[theraven1979]

Service Desk at our place use this all the time - thing is though it usually works.

Jim

Switch it off and back on again.

Owen, have you ever worked in IT

If not, you should seriously consider it............our IT dept at work use this diagnosis for EVERYTHING