How to change the order of startup programs

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  1. Posts : 85
    Windows 7
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    How to change the order of startup programs


    When I got a Win7 computer from Dell, McAfee was already installed.
    How can I change the sequence of the booting order of startup programs.
    For example, I would like to place McAfee proram at the end of the booting sequence for the startup programs. hummer
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  2. Posts : 795
    windows 7 RTM x64
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    Check out this app. Autoruns for Windows
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  3. Posts : 797
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
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    I am not aware of any setting or third-party program that allows you co choose the order in which the startup programs are run at boot time. If anyone knows, I would be very interested.

    That said, any anti-virus program has their internal settings that affect their behavior at boot time. For example my NOD32 is set to do an automatic startup file check at boot time and user logon. One can turn that off and gain maybe a second, maybe few seconds of boot time. But the security drawback is huge, so I would never recommend meddling with that.

    Now, the above example makes me think that the anti-virus is being loaded in the very beginning of the boot sequence, otherwise it won't be able to do anything useful at boot time.
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  4. Dom
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  5. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
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    Lil' Domii said:
    and here r2 Studios - Software
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  6. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    There is no need for extra software. Just do a delayed startup (by a few seconds). You can do that in e.g. Services (Properties of the service). If you happen to have WinPatrol, it is even easier.
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  7. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
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    whs said:
    There is no need for extra software. Just do a delayed startup (by a few seconds). You can do that in e.g. Services (Properties of the service). If you happen to have WinPatrol, it is even easier.
    The extra software was for changing the sequence of startup items. I don't think natively that you can do this without the software.
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  8. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
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    hummer7 said:
    When I got a Win7 computer from Dell, McAfee was already installed.
    How can I change the sequence of the booting order of startup programs.
    For example, I would like to place McAfee proram at the end of the booting sequence for the startup programs. hummer
    I do NOT recommend changing the start order when dealing with your anti-virus program, in this case, McAfee. There is very sound reasoning behind having the anti-virus software up and running BEFORE anything else.
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  9.    #9

    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.
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  10. Posts : 328
    Windows 7
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    gregrocker said:
    For absolute best performance uncheck all Startup items except AV and gadgets in msconfig>Startup.[/URL]
    The only trouble with msconfig is that it doesn't show all startup items...

    How to change the order of startup programs-msconfig.png

    How to change the order of startup programs-winpatrol.png

    gregrocker said:
    For even better performance replace the MucAfee bloatware with lean lightweight MSE or Avast 6.
    +1 for that suggestion.
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