You could also download a startup manager which is kind of like Msconfig such as WhatinStartup. This is quite accessible and I got it from www.pendriveapps.com I also went into services.msc and disabled some unnecessary services but be very, very careful when doing this as some services are very essential to getting your computer to work properly. I usually go on Google and research services on several Web sites to make sure that disabling it doesn't hose my system before I actually stop them from running. Also, run a malware program like spybot just to get a second opinion that your system is clear of malware. David
-----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Matthew C Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 10:05 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] optimising/speeding up an older computersystem, especially at bootup Look in ms config. Go into run and type ms config. Control tab to start up and eliminate things you don't want to start. Be careful though as there are things like sys tray that you need to start up. When you are done it will ask you to reboot and then when it does check don't show this at start up and hit ok and you should be good to go. Just a thought. -----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:41 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] optimising/speeding up an older computer system, especially at bootup Hello everyone. Recently I've noticed that my Acer machine, an old workhorse from 2007 running Windows XP and Jaws 11.0, , takes a really long time to boot up. I can expect to wait about three minutes for this process to happen, and that seems quite unnecessary. I'd like to keep this thing going for as long as possible, and I've managed to eliminate a number of unnecessary processes, services, etc, and recently with the help of CCleaner removed a bunch of junk from my system which seems to have resulted in an appreciable increase in speed. The bootup process still seems to take an age, though, and it's a little frustrating to me that I can't see what's going on at bootup to determine what might be making it so sluggish. My work machine is also running XP, isn't much newer than this system, has a bunch of network drive/connections to establish and yet still boots in thirty seconds or less. I know there's a "step by step" bootup option you can enable so that you can see each step in the boot process as it happens and select whether you want to run this or that process, but that doesn't do me a lot of good as Jaws is always one of the last things to run. So, is there any way of making a bootlog that has the same information which I can read in a textfile? How about any tweaks or suggestions users here might have? I've found a number of useful sites, including process libraries that explain the function of various system and non-essential processes that might load at startup, but I'm wondering if anybody here might have any useful info to pass along. In addition to increasing bootup speed, I'm also keen on ways I might be able to decrease the general load on my CPU to make the system run a little more smoothly. I am certainly aware of the need to do defragmentations on the hard drive, but maybe the one that comes with Windows isn't the best solution out there? I've heard this from other folks, but I have no idea what programme i ought to use for this as I've always used the native Windows defrag. How about msconfig? I know many people don't use it, preferring a third party alternative...what of folks on the list here? Thanks! JM For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ---------------=============== NOTICE ===============--------------- Note: Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not use, copy, distribute or deliver this message or any part of its contents, or take any action in reliance on it. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail from any computer. If you or your employer does not consent to internet e-mail messages of this kind, please notify us immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this message. As our agency cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this message or attachments, we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this electronic message are not given or endorsed by Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired unless otherwise indicated by an authorized representative independent of this message. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
