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When your PC boots, it loads many programs that sometimes might not even be needed by you. Here are many methods to speed up your Windows boot

FIRST METHOD
To see what programs are running when you boot go to:

1. Click Start
2. Open Run
3. In the box type Msconfig
4. Click the Startup tab
5. Uncheck all the programs you do not need

SECOND METHOD
A great new feature in Windows is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting.

1. Click Start, Run and type Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
3. Right-click on the right side and select New String Value, then rename the value to: Enable
4. Right-click on it and select Modify.
5. Change the value to Y to enable
6. Reboot your computer.

THIRD METHOD
If your computer possesses a dual-core or even a quad-core processor, you can enable a function to boot the PC using those processors.

1. Click Start, Run and type Msconfig
2. Click on the Boot or Boot.ini tab
3. Click Advanced Options
4. Set the number of processors to your maximum


FOURTH METHOD
Services play a big role on your PC's boot time. Disabling unwanted services can speed up your your boot time instantly and significantly.

1. Click Start
2. Open Run
3. Type Services.msc
4. Disable these services as they are not needed:

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service
Messenger
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry
SSDP Discovery Service
TCP/IP Netbios Helper
Telnet
Windows Time

Cheers!

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