5. Control What Starts Up every time you start your computer

 

Your PC's can get bogged down by a bunch of programs that automatically start up every time you boot up. Without a major hardware upgrade, there's not much you can do to cut the time it takes for Windows to actually boot—but you can trim and tweak the amount of time it takes for your desktop to get to a working state. Let's take a look at a few

When you install a new piece of software on your computer, more often than not it will set a little bit of itself to start up automatically when your PC does, either to check for updates, make it seem faster, or just remind you that it's there at all with a little icon in your system tray. Problem is, when you install lots of software but don't use it all, these little startup entries can suck away CPU cycles, memory, and time. Reclaim them by removing the ones you don't need.

 

Start CCleaner once more and select Tools from the left menu and then Startup

 

You can disable and delete items from your Startup using those respective buttons. By using the disable button you can always come back and enable the item later.

If you are not sure what a specific item is for, don't delete it. You can google the item in question to find out what it is.

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