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How to Make Your Computer Start Up & Log In Faster

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Summary: Making a computer start and log in faster requires turning off programs that automatically run when the computer is turned on through the Start menu. Learn to make a computer start up and log in faster with tips from a software developer in this free video about computer technology.

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Dave Andrews is a software developer with a business and Web site selling programs and other computer services in Franklin, Tenn. Having worked in the IT industry for more than 8...read more

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"Hi, my name is Dave Andrews, today I'm going to show you how to make your computer start up and login faster. To begin, let's go to the computer, click on start, let's go to run. Type in MSConfig, all one word, and say okay. Go to the startup tab. This is a list of the programs that will start up when you login. To keep these from running when you login, all you have to do is uncheck them. Since these programs are being disabled and won't run when you login, you'll login faster. To say apply. The next step that you can do is go to start, go to all programs, and finally startup area. Right click on it and select open. Any files that are in this startup folder will run as you login. You can - if there are programs that you don't want to run, you can select them and delete them out of the startup folder, and they'll no longer run when you login. This is some easy ways to make your computer start up and login faster. My name is Dave Andrews and I've just showed you how to make your computer start up and login faster."

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