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Tune Windows XP To Speed Up Boot And Shutdown Times
White Papers This sample hack from OReilly's Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows how to tweak a PC's BIOS, the Windows Registry, and other Windows XP settings to streamline boot and shutdown times. Chapter: Hack 3: Speed Up Boot and Shutdown Times
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Boot Startup Times Into Touch
Blog Comment They claim it can boot in around 15 seconds. I'm waiting for the Eee PC to be released. But I'll give Start Delay a try in the mean time.
[September 21, 2007, 9:26]
Boot Startup Times Into Touch
Blog Comment Startup Inspector is a good program to spot programs that aren't needed during startup process.
[September 27, 2007, 14:46]
Boot Startup Times Into Touch
Blog Comment Having said that, anything which helps to boot up a Windows computer to a useful working state quicker is welcome. Why not just use the 'hibernate' or 'standby' facilities. Much quicker and you can leave work/programmes open.
[September 18, 2007, 1:56]
Boot Startup Times Into Touch
Blog Comment Even when I can get it to hibernate, it often takes as long to recover as my new boot time. That's exactly what my Mac using friends always say, apparently it works perfectly on I-books/Powewrbooks. To be honest though, I've never had much luck...
[September 18, 2007, 5:55]
Boot Startup Times Into Touch
Blog Comment I am not a mac fanboy but have to say that leaving my macbook on standby doesn't seem to flatten the battery nearly as quick as my other laptop (Acer) running Vista. This is something I think it varies laptop to laptop.
[September 18, 2007, 15:59]
Flash Plan Could Cut Boot Times
News Intel is showing off a future technology called Robson that could cut boot-up time. While an Intel representative did not provide exact boot-up time comparisons, she said Robson will cut the amount of time it takes from when you hit the "on" button...
[October 18, 2005, 9:40]
Flash Plan Could Cut Boot Times
Talkback Does this sound like putting your operating system in Flash ROM to anybody else?
[October 19, 2005, 14:18]
Windows XP Hacks: Speed Up Boot And Shutdown Times
White Papers There's a simple way to speed up XP startup: make the system do a boot defragment, which will put all the boot files next to one another on the hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, the system will start faster.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Vista SP1 - No Go For Me At The Moment
Blog Comment And how long does a cold boot take on my Asus V1S Core 2 Duo running at several Gigahertz (that is, for the record, a good few hundreds of times faster than the Tosh's PIII) with 1GB of RAM, an SATA hard drive - and Vista?
[March 20, 2008, 11:45]
Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback Both boot performance and application startup are sensitive to hard drive speed, faster drives, faster times. And the complaint about boot time, totally irrelevant. I boot my Mac very seldom, there is usually no need to but installing OS updates.
[November 10, 2005, 19:10]
Canonical Goes 'edgy' With Latest Ubuntu
News Canonical on Thursday plans to release the new "Edgy Eft" version of its Ubuntu Linux, which includes a faster boot-up process. The boot process, called Upstart, is among several dozen new features in the Linux version.
[October 26, 2006, 9:05]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Those who cite long boot times for Vista fall into two categories: Ubuntu has real merits. It is not necessary to make up BS about Vista just to make Ubuntu look good. You are lying or exaggerating in order to prove your point about Linux being a...
[October 24, 2007, 17:24]
System Mechanic
Downloads System and registry clutter will degrade your computer's performance, leading to crashes, longer boot times, and system errors. Make your old PC run like new. Keep your new PC running fast and problem-free.
[July 2, 2008, 7:46]
Diskeeper (European Versions)
Downloads Fragmented files are broken up and stored on various parts of your disk causing slowdowns, crashes, and slow boot times. Computers can slow down over time, and disk fragmentation is generally one of the causes.
[December 8, 2005, 5:41]
Athene
Downloads With boot times as fast as five seconds and advanced graphics technology not available in standard Linux distributions, Athene is the best low-cost alternative to Windows for your computer desktop. Athene is a commercial operating system for use in...
[November 9, 2007, 9:58]
Fast System Startup For PCs Running Windows XP
White Papers This paper provides guidelines for system manufacturers to improve boot and resume times for new PCs. Customer research has shown that one of the most frequently requested features that users want from their PCs is fast system startup, whether from...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Ray & Berndtson Recruits Synchrologic For Wireless PIM And Email Synchronization Solutions
White Papers The availability for their very-mobile reps was somewhat inhibited by both the size and boot-up times of these machines. Founded in 1965, Ray & Berndtson has grown to become the world's sixth largest executive search firm, with offices in over 32...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
I'm Changing Product
Member Review At present I'm still using 2002 which is good except for one thing, after one Live Update I found my PC constantly trying to connect to the Internet during boot up and close down and several times in between.
[March 24, 2004, 8:43]
Installing And Running Spybot: The Spyware Removal Program
White Papers Spyware programs will slow the boot up, internet speed, and many times conflict other software loaded on the user's computer. Spyware are programs that are created to gather information about a user's internet browsing preference to send to third...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
