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Hi, can anyone please tell me if removing all my desktop icons 20 of them will increase the boot time when i start windows 7?..thank you.
Hi, can anyone please tell me if removing all my desktop icons 20 of them will increase the boot time when i start windows 7?..thank you.
Negligibly maybe. However, if it were to increase it at all, I don't think you'd be able to notice it. If you're looking to increase the speed of start up of Windows 7 (or any recent version of Windows), I would suggest looking at the start-up programs with msconfig. Method three of Startup Programs - Change would be very good to look into.
This may provide some tips on it, particularly numbers 7 (which you've seen) and 8. Optimize Windows 7
Startup options can be tricky, Your slow start could be any one of several driver programs. I would recommend that you either use msconfig or a free program called startupinspector to see what is starting
up when you boot. Some computers from OEM's* put all kinds of junkware in them and each one slows things down a bit continually checking for updates and such.
*(original equipment manufacturers, like Dell, Hp and such)
Additionally, Adobe and others like to install version/update checks in your startup routines, which will
slow down any computer.
Rich
You can also use an application- Soluto which will show you what programs run at boot time and how much time each took to execute. And a program from sysinternals named Autoruns will show you all startup items and hidden startup locations too in detail which you disable or delete as per your need.