Thread: faster bootup

1.) Uninstall IE, Outlook Express, and WMA with xplite ( http://www.litepc.com/ ).
2.) Bootvis 1.3.37. Find it, use it.
3.) Replace exlorer.exe shell with media engine's .exe (or whatever you use as a frontend).
4.) Disable unnessicary services ( http://snakefoot.fateback.com/ has an amazing service guide. Plus he just gave me credit for a tip ;-), check his frontpage.)
5.) Tweak BIOS settings.
6.) Defrag periodically (once a month or bi-monthly).

That should get you down to 30 seconds or less. And that's all I can think of.

also run msconfig to disable any unwanted programs at startup, like messager. Also mindtool has a shutdown script that deletes prefetch files. I think it is on his site
mindtool . com he also has some tweaks in his readme so xp won't look for unused IDE devices. I would tweak everything then run bootvis last. I got mine to boot to desktop in 35 seconds.

edit: It also helps to have a faster HD. 5400 will do but 7200 is better.

Originally Posted by kai445

1.) Uninstall IE, Outlook Express, and WMA with xplite ( http://www.litepc.com/ ).
2.) Bootvis 1.3.37. Find it, use it.
3.) Replace exlorer.exe shell with media engine's .exe (or whatever you use as a frontend).
4.) Disable unnessicary services ( http://snakefoot.fateback.com/ has an amazing service guide. Plus he just gave me credit for a tip ;-), check his frontpage.)
5.) Tweak BIOS settings.
6.) Defrag periodically (once a month or bi-monthly).

That should get you down to 30 seconds or less. And that's all I can think of.

how do i replace the explorer shell with what i use.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="explorer.exe"
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Change it to whatever you want.

edit: gospeed.racer, there are other means of obtaining xplite other than going through the official website. I'll leave that as a judgement call for you. (No, I am not one of those means... unless you have destinator3 :-P).