[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] goldflame09:
Tips on how to make your computer start-up faster.

Programs start-up

Using task manager

In task manager, there are a ton of options that can be used to help performance. This is especially true with the new task manager that

Microsoft has pushed out with Windows 8.

For the majority of people, when you open up task manager, it will look like this:

To get the full format of task manager, which you will need for this process, you will need to click on the button at the bottom that says: “More Details” and it will open the full version of task manager.

Now to disable start-up programs:

At the top where all the tabs are, click on the “Start-up” tab and you should see something like this:

Now all you have to do is click on the process that you do not want starting with your computer, and click the “Disable” button. Here are some processes that I recommend but you can choose whatever you want.

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[*]Adobe CS6 Service Manager
[*] Apple Push
[*] Bing Desktop Application
[*] Evernote Clipper
[*] Hamachi Client Application
[*] iTunesHelper
[*] KiesPDLR
[*]Logitech Download Assistant
[*]Quicktime Task

This is only what I have disabled. You may disable whatever you want because there are no system tasks that are there to disable.

**That does not meant that you can disable whatever you want because that might cause some programs to not work**

[*]Using WinPatrol

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This program does more than just control start-up programs. This section is only going to talk about the start-up section.

This section of the program, in essence, is a more advanced program to deal with start-up programs.

- Link: WinPatrol

After you install WinPatrol, go to the "Startup Programs" section. It should look like this:

Run through the list of programs and find ones you want to disable. My list of recommended programs is listed under the task manager section.

NOTE: If you do not know if what you are going to disable is going to effect any of your programs, then I would recommend using the "Disable" button. If you KNOW that it WON'T effect any program, then feel free to hit the "remove" button

This program does not only take care of start-up programs. There are many other features such as Active taks and IE Helpers that i will not be covering in this thread. I do however, recommend that you look at them.

Services:

Using Service Manager:

This is going to show you how to use the service manager that is built into Windows to disable some services form starting automatically with your computer. For this, you will not be disabling any services completely, but rather just have them set to manual which will allow them to run when needed.

Start by opening the start page and typing "services" into the settings section. you should end up with a screen that looks like this:

Click on "View Local Services"

Right-click on a service such as "Apple Mobile Device", click properties, and change the startup type from Auto, to Manual.

Choose other services and do the same.

WARNING:

I highly advise you NOT to disable any system services as this could cause problems. I am at no fault for what you disable.​

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