Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Delay Program Startup
When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and grab CPU time so that it can load.
Ever wondered whether you could start programs on priority basis?Well Windows does allow one to configure which programs should execute during startup, but not the priority for each of them.If you ever wanted to prioritize startup programs then ‘Startup Delayer’ can come in handy.This free application will allow you to prioritize or delay program's execution when your computer boots.
You can download ‘Startup Delayer’ from here .Simply click the download button and select an appropriate location for the file to be saved.Once installation is completed follow the steps below.
- To add a program to the startup list,click the “Add’ button and browse for an application
- To delete an application from the list, select the application and press the [Delete] key.
- To delay a program, select it and select ‘Edit Program’.
- Select appropriate options and enter the delay time in the delay text box.
- Choose done , click ‘OK”
Os:Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/XP64/Vista|979KB|Freeware| 
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Enable / Disable / Delete Programs In Windows Startup With WhatInStartup
You may experienced your PC takes long time to boot.This may due to various unwanted programs that start along with Windows automatically.Here is a small free utility ,which displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows starts up. The following information is displayed for each application :
- Startup Type (Registry/Startup Folder)
- Command-Line String
- Product Name
- File Version
- Company Name
- Location in the Registry or file system, and more.
It allows you to easily disable or delete unwanted programs that runs in your Windows startup. You can use it on your currently running instance of Windows, as well as you can use it on external instance of Windows in another drive. WhatInStartup also supports a special "Permanent Disabling" feature – If a program that you previously disabled added itself again to the startup list of Windows, WhatInStartup will automatically detect the change and disable it again.
WhatInStartup doesn't require any installation,simply copy the executable file info any folder you like, and run it. It allows you to Permanently enforce the disabling of programs in Windows startup. This programs is quite simple to use and it completely portable also, moreover there are keyboard shortcuts which lets you enable / disable these programs in windows through simple hot function keys.
