Change What Programs Are Loaded When Your Computer Starts Up

It's a common misconception that a computer will work less and less well and get slower and slower the older it is. The reality is that most computer slowness is software is due to what programs are being loaded when you start your computer. Applications that people install on their computers spawn smaller applications that load when Windows starts. For example, if you installed iTunes on your Windows PC, then you have also allowed it to install the 'iTunes helper' which loads up every time you boot your computer. All this program does is open up iTunes when an iOS device is connected, and it occupies approximately 50mb of a computer's RAM. Lots of these kinds of programs are loaded up on your computer. By going through the following guide, you can disable the loading of these programs and make your PC boot much faster.

Step 1) Press Win + R.

This allows a command box to be run in administrator mode.

Step 2) In the box, type in 'msconfig' and press 'OK'.

Step 3) Select the 'Startup' tab.

Step 4) Uncheck every single item that looks like it's something that you don't necessarily need to be booted up everytime you switch on the computer. Generally speaking, this means everything that is not an antivirus program.

All clear! This should allow your computer to boot and run much faster without lots of programs bloating your system. Remember to check this whenever you install a new program, as it's likely new programs will install a new entry here, making your computer boot a little slower every time you switch it on.