PC slow to start up

basmic

Once you've done the above, I'd like you to try more some thorough cleaning below.

Make sure you close all running programs, except the ones you really need open.

Start Menu > Run > type in %temp% then either click OK or just press Enter on the keyboard.

A new window will open, probably showing a nice list of files and folders. These can all be safely deleted. There is a probability you will get a message saying Cannot delete xyx.abc: Access is denied - nothing to worry about, just ignore it, and continue to the next file or folder.

Now go back to the Start Menu > Run > this time, type in %windir%\temp then either click OK or just press Enter on the keyboard.

As earlier, delete as many files as possible.

Again, Start Menu > Run > this time, type in %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download then either click OK or just press Enter on the keyboard.

Again, delete any files you find here.

Download and installed Bootvis (link). Once installed, load up Bootvis.

Make sure you have no programs or unsaved work open at this point - if so, close them all. From the Trace menu choose Optimize System - you will be given a countdown of 10 seconds, before the computer restarts.

Now you must be patient for this next part. Allow the computer to startup into Windows as you normally would - but do NOT use the computer until Bootvis has loaded and completed.

What will often happen is, a white bar will say something along the lines of "Please wait for Bootvis for load" - then a few minutes later, Bootvis appears and starts it's optimisation. After maybe 10-20 minutes, Bootvis will have finished it's job. If it takes longer or shorter, don't worry.

I hope this, and Alienrik's advice, both give your machine a nice little boost in speed.

baby-mechanic

Thanks guys, it's like sugar off a shovel now !!!!!!


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rmg1

basmic wrote: »

Once you've done the above, I'd like you to try more some thorough cleaning below.

Make sure you close all running programs, except the ones you really need open.

Start Menu > Run > type in %temp% then either click OK or just press Enter on the keyboard.

A new window will open, probably showing a nice list of files and folders. These can all be safely deleted. There is a probability you will get a message saying Cannot delete xyx.abc: Access is denied - nothing to worry about, just ignore it, and continue to the next file or folder.

Now go back to the Start Menu > Run > this time, type in %windir%\temp then either click OK or just press Enter on the keyboard.

As earlier, delete as many files as possible.

Again, Start Menu > Run > this time, type in %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download then either click OK or just press Enter on the keyboard.

Again, delete any files you find here.

Download and installed Bootvis (link). Once installed, load up Bootvis.

Make sure you have no programs or unsaved work open at this point - if so, close them all. From the Trace menu choose Optimize System - you will be given a countdown of 10 seconds, before the computer restarts.

Now you must be patient for this next part. Allow the computer to startup into Windows as you normally would - but do NOT use the computer until Bootvis has loaded and completed.

What will often happen is, a white bar will say something along the lines of "Please wait for Bootvis for load" - then a few minutes later, Bootvis appears and starts it's optimisation. After maybe 10-20 minutes, Bootvis will have finished it's job. If it takes longer or shorter, don't worry.

I hope this, and Alienrik's advice, both give your machine a nice little boost in speed.

Just curious - I recognise the two temp folders, but what's in the last one (if it isn't obvious)?
If it's just updates and so on, why are they kept?

basmic

rmg1 wrote: »

Just curious - I recognise the two temp folders, but what's in the last one (if it isn't obvious)?
If it's just updates and so on, why are they kept?

It's just Windows updates.

When I discovered the folder on my computer, it was massive - hence me Googling it, and discovering it is perfectly safe to delete.

If you look for any folders begiinning with $ in your main Windows folder, you can delete those too.

rmg1

OK - so in C:\Windows I have 8169 files in 1015 folders.
Size on disk - 1.1GB

It looks like the SP3 and KB updates from Microsoft - can they all go as well?

[Deleted User]

basmic wrote: »

It's just Windows updates.

When I discovered the folder on my computer, it was massive - hence me Googling it, and discovering it is perfectly safe to delete.

If you look for any folders begiinning with $ in your main Windows folder, you can delete those too.

I've done this. Now I want to uninstall 10 security updates. What do I do?

rmg1

Won't they be in Add/Remove programs if you tick the updates button at the top?

[Deleted User]

rmg1 wrote: »

Won't they be in Add/Remove programs if you tick the updates button at the top?

You've just told me to delete them. Or did you not know what you recommended?

rmg1

I didn't tell you to delete anything.

[Deleted User]

rmg1 wrote: »

I didn't tell you to delete anything.

basmic wrote: »

If you look for any folders begiinning with $ in your main Windows folder, you can delete those too.

I beg to differ...