You can then decide whether to delay its launch until later or pause it, which actually prevents it from launching altogether. You can mouse over any one of the items in the No-brainer or Potentially Removable groups and get information about what it does. They're sorted into three types: No-brainers, which can be removed without a problem Potentially Removable, which you may or may not want to pause or delay and Required, which you shouldn't mess with at all. You're then shown a timeline view of the modules that launch along with Windows. As a result, Soluto helps your computer run faster in general.Īfter you download and install Soluto, it reboots your computer and watches to see what starts up automatically. You can either delay programs so they don't start until Windows has finished the booting, or you can keep them from launching at all. It's called Soluto, and you can download a free copy at I've been installing Soluto on every PC I can find, and it reliably cuts bootup time by a significant amount.

I've been using an intriguing program that can speed your PC by looking at the way it starts up, then giving you control over what launches during the boot process. Or, you can turn off programs that launch when you start Windows via the System Configuration utility (type msconfig in the Windows 7 or Vista search box and hit Enter, or use Start > Run > msconfig in XP).īut these manual processes may be daunting to those who aren't technologically inclined. I've written in the past about ways to remove unnecessary programs, usually through the Programs and Features module in the Control Panel (in XP, it's called Add/ Remove Programs). There's still way too much junkware on brand-name computers.įortunately, you don't have to live with it. But after having used more than a dozen Windows 7 systems since it came out, I have to say that many manufacturers have not heeded Microsoft's plea. With Windows 7, Microsoft lobbied computer makers to back off on the junkware.

Decrap my computer