Windows System Startup

In this article I will try to describe little about Windows System Startup. I will try to cover little more in future. Actually, Startup is the booting up process that involves: Bios loading, Hardware Checking, Hard disk & boot partition checking, Loading OS. Even Loading OS is complex that involves various checking as well, loading of system drivers, log on screen, loading user specific drivers – services – applications (This article is about this process)

Before you could log into the system, various drivers, services loads automatically that I am not going to cover today. After you logged in, several applications loads, lets find out which are those:

From Start Menu select “Run…” and enter “msconfig”. Click “Startup” tab.

Before you could log into the system, various drivers, services loads automatically that I am not going to cover today. After you logged in, several applications loads, lets find out which are those:

From Start Menu select “Run…” and enter “msconfig”. Click “Startup” tab.

Here are all the applications that runs after you log in. You can see details from the listings. You can uncheck unnecessary applications to fasten the startup process.

Now, let us reveal more, click “Services” tab.

You might wonder, all the checked entries loads each time you log into the system. Count the checked entries and higher the number longer the duration it takes to make your system load.

I will write later on windows services.

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For now, let us deselect some entries: (you need to be a member of Administrators group)

· Alerter

· Indexing Service

· Computer Browser (if you are not connected to LAN or don’t share in network)

· DHCP Client (if you use Internet then do not deselect it)

· Distributed Link Tracking Client

· DNS Client

· Fast User Switching Compatibility (if you do not switch user)

· Print Spooler (if you don’t use printer or pdf writers)

· Remote Desktop Help Session Manager

· Routing and Remote Access

· Secondary Logon (if you are advanced user and use “RUNAS…” after right clicking any program)

· SecurityCenter

· Server (if you don’t share your file/folders and printer on network)

· System Restore Service (You may Right_Click My Computer > Properties, Click to select “Turn Off System Restore on all drives” check box in “System Restore” tab.

· Volume Shadow Copy

· Windows Time

· Web client

· Wireless Zero Configuration

Keep in mind that working with system services might cause system from working properly. Thanks to Microsoft that msconfig is a safer version of configuring startup services and processes.