MSCONFIG
Speed Up Your Windows Computer With MSCONFIG
I am always surprised at how many people either do no know about, or do not use the Microsoft’s System Configuration Utility or MSCONFIG. This tool the first thing I open and use when I am troubleshooting a computer with speed issues. What MSCONFIG does for the user is control what programs and services start with windows and continue to constantly run in the background.
This is important because there are many programs that you don’t need running at start up or constantly running in the background. For instance, Quicktime (which is the integrated program most people need to install in order to view apple trailers and other movies on the Internet), adds its own startup entry whenever it is installed or updated. You do not need this running all the time and especially at Windows start-up. Therefore we need to stop this from happening. Here are the steps to using MSCONFIG to tame these items and speed up your machine.
Type MSCONFIG in the windows search box and then either press enter on your keyboard or double-click on the MSCONFIG program that appears in the results.
The Microsoft’s System Configuration Utility will open. You need to click on the “Startup” tab, when it does.
You simply uncheck the items you do NOT want to start automatically (The name and manufacturer will give you a better idea of whether you need the program or not). Once you uncheck everything click apply and either click restart or exit without restart and you are done.
Speed Up Your Windows Computer With MSCONFIG
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