Vista Problems - How to Speed Up Slow Logon?

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Vista Problems - How to Speed Up Slow Logon?

From time to time, you will notice your Vista logon became slower and slower until almost freeze! Because you installed too many start up programs, such as the anti virus, anti spyware, dictionary, memory optimizer, skype, messenger and other gadgets...You know you should minimize the start up programs, but there are just too many to keep, what should you do?

There are 2 ways to solve this problem:

Method #1 - You do not activate them until you need it. Go to Windows menu, type "msconfig" then enter to activate System Configuration, select "Startup" tab and uncheck as many programs as possible.

However, the fact is you need most of them, and they are there for some reasons!

Method #2 - Lower the priority of start up programs

Use the command below:

C:\Windows\System32\ cmd. exe /c start "title" /MIN {/LOW|/BELOWNORMAL|/NORMAL|/ABOVENORMAL|/HIGH|/ REALTIME} /AFFINITY {1,2,4,8 or Add Up} "directory\program. exe" program_parameters

You need to find HKEYLOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, add the command above in front of existing programs, so every time the program will start at a lower priority to avoid recursive waiting and deadlock between each start up programs, hence smoothen the logon process.

If you want faster logon, you should also enable auto logon. You can do that by typing "netplwiz" on Windows menu, uncheck box on the "Users must enter a user name...", you also need to provide a password for auto logon.

After this, your logon time should cut down 30% or more, please allow 2 to 3 restarts for best result.

source : Kok Choon