start up

[manjunath]

I installed kaspersky pure trail version and my comp takes 2 minutes to boot..is it normal?

 

[DeaconFrost]

Did this slowdown happen right after you installed Kapersky? If you aren't sure if it is to blame or not, you could disable the start up items associated with it and then restart the computer.

 

[manjunath]

ya,I tried disabling KIS through msconfig.i restarted system but same problem..

 

[Jonathan_King]

Uninstall Kaspersky completely, and use the removal tool to clean up the remnants. http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/kavremover10.zip

Then, install Microsoft Security Essentials instead. Your boot times will be barely affected.

 

[brianzion]

hi i have the same internet suite it is a big program that does slow down the boot up time i don't think you can speed it up most anti-virus software slows up the boot time as it starts protecting as soon as the bios kicks in i have to wait up to 5 mins and when i am up and running i am using 150 processes which is pretty quick compared to other operating systems i use ( windows 7 is the best )

 

[DeaconFrost]

150 processes????? I'd have to try on purpose to have half that many running at start up.

 

[brianzion]

i put a screen shot on for you my pc is very powerful i run 2 monitors as well

 

[DeaconFrost]

Not to get into a *peeing* contest, but my system is a bit more powerful than yours, and I wouldn't dream of having that many apps running at start up. I'd rather save my system's power for my intended uses, instead of just churning away at unnecessary bits in the background.


BTW> Running a second monitor doesn't have anything to do with a computer's power. You could do that with a $30 video card installed into a Pentium III tower.

I'm not pointing that out to be an ass, I'm doing so to suggest maybe you could use some friendly advice, either on here, or from a friend to optimize your system. Most likely, the performance of your system is being severely crippled by all those extra processes. Why not trim the fat and make your system run much faster?

 

[brianzion]

thanks for the advice i have just gone through what programs i don't need running and trimmed down the cpu usage by 40%, and start up programs i have reduced as well i am multitasking all the time that's why i use two monitors.

 

[DeaconFrost]

That should help, but you should target your CPU to be around 0-2% at all times when idle. If you are at 50% at idle, for example, you'd be doing the same thing as disabling two of your four cores in your CPU.

 

[Thorsen]

Two programs:

Autoruns for Windows

Process Explorer

Most of the processes are probably not useful or updaters and self-installed.

My system when I got it had 75 processes and I dropped about 30 of them as they were not needed at all. I dont recommend disabling win 7 functionality, but 3rd party apps try to load on startup and if you aren't using them daily then dont allow them to load you will see a tremendoes improvement. pre-loading may save you 10 seconds when running the app, but if it kills your boot speed by 5 minutes then in my opinion, you are loosing speed. Just my opinion.

Also Winpatrol is a good combination of Autoruns and process explorer, but it is shareware so I haven't used it yet.
BillP Studios - WinPatrol 2010


Edit: sorry posted before reading. I am glad you followed Deacon's advise.

 

[gregrocker]

MSE and the newest version of Avast are nearly invisible and have no noticeable impact on performance.

I've found that you pay for bloat with paid AV programs, almost in proportion to what you pay.

The only startup programs I allow in msconfig are AV, gadgets and Stiky notes.

The maint. tools I use (monthly or less) are CCleaner "Run Cleaner" and registry tab, then Auslogics Disk and Registry defraggers. There have been no issues with these in several hundred installs over 10 years time. They are the state of the art.

 

[brianzion]

thanks i understand, i am just going through the system now and have found quite a few unnecessary things running in the background there are a lot of system programs running i notice too that in the google chrome i use as main browser it uses a lot of processes due to the extensions i have installed so i will thin out those. its coming down as i am posting this

 

[gregrocker]

The ultimate fix for this is a clean reinstall of Win7, adding programs slowly so you can observe any performance hits. If you have pre-installed 7, you only need to borrow or find any installer to unlock all versions, then install your licensed version which will activate using the Product Key stickered to the machine.

You might also try IE8 as they finally got it right. I get performance hits from Firefox or Chrome now that I don't see at all with IE8 which seems more stable overall.

 

[brianzion]

have a look and you will see lots of memory being used here

 

[brianzion]

the cpu has come down big now while idle and when i start up new programs there is only a little increase but not right down to 2% while idle.

 

[Thorsen]

Congratz!

 

[brianzion]

thanks for all the help i have to get ready for work i will get back to this later i will try and not run so many processes!! im a bit of a mad multi-tasker doing to much at once and leave things running in the background when finished thanks again

 

[brianzion]

hi i have got my cpu down now and have found that kis uses 40% of my cpu and when it updates or i run a virus check it goes to 80% i have emailed there support team to find out what the average should be.

 

[mpcrsc562]

Just curious, but was the AV app doing a boot time scan?