Minimizing Your PC's Boot Up Time

Crud! The first day you bring a computer home from the store, with each software install it becomes increasing inefficient. Every utility adds its own little bit of code to your startup process, and often if you're not careful, a lot of junk. The end result is a long, slow, and sometimes painful startup / boot process.

Right now I am evaluating a free tool named Soluto. This service allows the user to add up to five computers per account, and manage the boot / startup process and browser configurations. In addition to managing your own computers, this can be a godsend in terms of helping optimize those other computers you support for families and friends. Soluto lets you manage remote computers once the software is installed and management rights granted.

Although I consider myself extremely careful in terms of what I install on my computer, and always read the fine print while installing software to avoid "junkware", Soluto still found quite a few apps I could disable or delay upon boot for my Windows 8 system. The analysis of my browser did not turn up any add-ins which needed disabling.

Here are some screenshots. Soluto is worth a try. For the services it recognizes it gives you a clear definition of the process, and the advantages / disadvantages for either disabling or delaying the specific process upon boot. This service is easy to use; you need not be a computer geek like myself!

Please realize the installation takes a while. Be patient, and then do a cold boot of your system. You will start to get good data within 5 to 10 minutes. It's worth the wait!

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1. Installation Process
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