How to change the order of startup programs

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  1.    #11

    I stopped using startup managers like WinPatrol because they add to Startup time and can have issues.

    Best to just turn off everything except AV and gadgets unless there's one or two others you can't wait to startup when needed. Win7 performance will show its appreciation.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #12

    gregrocker said:
    For absolute best performance uncheck all Startup items except AV and gadgets in msconfig>Startup. Only let in those you can't do without starting up with Win7. Startup Programs - Change

    For even better performance replace the MucAfee bloatware with lean lightweight MSE or Avast 6.
    Agreed. When I went from Mcafee to MSE, MSE even found a Trojan missed by Mcafee.
    If you do switch, be sure to use the uninstall tool provided by Mcafee.
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  3. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #13

    gregrocker said:
    I stopped using startup managers like WinPatrol because they add to Startup time and can have issues.

    Best to just turn off everything except AV and gadgets unless there's one or two others you can't wait to startup when needed. Win7 performance will show its appreciation.
    +1
    Sometimes you will find that you also need to also let the synaptics touchpad driver install.

    Greg has given you some excellent advice. If you would like you can use the following procedure and we can look at precisely what msconfig shows as starting.

    LIST OF STARTUP PROGRAMS USING CCLEANER


    CCleaner | Tasks icon | Startup tab | click on Save to text file button (bottom right side)

    Using the PAPER CLIP icon in the top panel of a Message Reply window, attach the .txt file generated by CCleaner.
    Last edited by karlsnooks; 26 Jun 2011 at 20:14. Reason: bad english
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  4. Posts : 328
    Windows 7
       #14

    gregrocker said:
    I stopped using startup managers like WinPatrol because they add to Startup time and can have issues.

    Best to just turn off everything except AV and gadgets unless there's one or two others you can't wait to startup when needed. Win7 performance will show its appreciation.
    Each to their own of course Greg. I've used WP for years and suffered only one minor glitch with a particular update. Otherwise it's always saved me far more boot time than it costs. When I installed Soluto (for a looksee) it calculated that WP added under two seconds. It suits me because it delivers the volume of starts I require in 44 seconds, whereas Windows/msconfig is over a minute.
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  5. Posts : 1,326
    Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
       #15

    Remove McAfee and install MSE....problem solved.
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  6. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #16

    Oaken said:
    gregrocker said:
    I stopped using startup managers like WinPatrol because they add to Startup time and can have issues.

    Best to just turn off everything except AV and gadgets unless there's one or two others you can't wait to startup when needed. Win7 performance will show its appreciation.
    Each to their own of course Greg. I've used WP for years and suffered only one minor glitch with a particular update. Otherwise it's always saved me far more boot time than it costs. When I installed Soluto (for a looksee) it calculated that WP added under two seconds. It suits me because it delivers the volume of starts I require in 44 seconds, whereas Windows/msconfig is over a minute.
    I have to agree. I use it all the time (the pro version) and never had a problem. I like it especially for easy of delaying startups. Besides it is a good watchdog.
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  7. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #17

    For the every day user, MSCONFIG is plenty. For the advanced user, there is autoruns, procexp, and procmon.
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  8.    #18

    If you have no startups besides AV and gadgets, which gives best performance, why would you need WinPatrol or Soluto? To delay System services?

    Just askin.
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  9. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #19

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    I know this is an old thread but I was looking for a solution to the same problem. If anyone is interested there's a few decent enough solutions here:

    Speed up your Windows startup with these tricks | Winaero
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  10. Posts : 56
    Win 7 Pro 64 bit
       #20

    I know this is an old thread, but my question is related. I want to have my wireless start sooner (but after Malwarebytes and MSE), as it seems to be the last thing.
    I installed WinPatrol (free) and see the list. I can see how to move to delayed start, but not how to move an item up in the list to be sooner.
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