Hi Ivan, If Duyahn's config suggestion worked for you, than leave well enough alone and be happy. However, if your boot up time is still slow, then download autorun here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902 after you download press window key e enter on your c drive enter on your program file folder create a new folder and name it not installed and paste in this folder autorun and unzip now find the autoruns.exe and run it. you will have a list of programs that are running at start up which do not show up in msconfig. Do not be shocked to find over 200 entries listed! Now be very careful only delete what you are sure you do not need on boot-up. When in doubt don't! right click on an entry and you can delete or you can google for more info. When I started I saved that file just in case I needed to revert back to the original state of affairs. I have a quad core and my reboot time is a minute and a half until I hear WE8 again. If I log off it takes 20 seconds until I hear WE8 again.
I created a shorcut for autorun by doing the following: In the autorun folder highlight autorun.exe now right click or press context key and press s to create shortcut now press control x now press window key d now paste short cut to your desktop with control v press context key then the letter r tab to short cut I use control alt 2, but you should use the letter a for autorun if your control alt a is not taken already. Good luck, Manny checkout my stand-up comedy performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fbevlz10g computer specifications: Window Eyes 8 Dell xps420 with 8 gb memory c p u: Intel q6600 quad core dual boot between Windows 7 64-bit and windows 8 64 bit all software and drivers are up to date On 3/9/2013 9:47 PM, Ivan Cribb wrote: > I have a new Lenovo laptop with very good specs but it’s taking an eternity to boot up. I am running Windows 7 and W E 8.1. I suspect a number of programs are being started that I don’t usually need. How can I determine what programs are being run at start up and stop those running which are not needed? > Thanks for any help. > Ivan Cribb > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
