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You may or may not know this, but as you install more programs and applications on your computer, some of them automatically place themselves into your computers startup process. MSCONFIG can help you remove these unwanted programs from the startup process and in turn, your computer should start up quicker and generally run alot better as you wont be loading up programs that you don’t really need.

The first thing you need to do is click on the Start button and then click on Run…. Type in MSCONFIG and press Enter (or click OK).

This will bring up another window called the System Configuration Utility, like the one pictured below. Go to the tab on the far right hand side called Startup and click on it.

This will bring up a list of all the programs and applications your computer loads when it starts up. Go through the list and un-tick the ones you don’t want to load with windows. Be careful which ones you un-tick though. Some of them may be required for your computer to run in a stable condition. If you are unsure about any of them, post it below and we will attempt to help you out. Once you have done that, click on Apply and then OK down the bottom. A window will pop up asking you to Restart or Exit Without Restart.

It is generally a good idea to Restart your computer and load the changes straight away. Once your computer has been restarted, you will be presented with a message window like the one below. At the bottom of this window it states Don’t show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows start – tick the box next to this message and click OK.

With any luck, this will hopefully shorten the time it takes for your computer to boot up into Windows and in general, run faster.