Guest monty1945@lycos.com Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 I've seen some videos about this on youtube. On one, the suggestion is to go to startup delay and change the value from 480,000 to 40,000 (decimal). Another suggests going to menu show delay and changing it to zero. Can both be done or just one? And if only one, which is faster? Thanks.
Guest R. McCarty Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Using regedit to speed up computer startup time? I'm not aware of any "Startup Delay" key and value with XP. Menu Show delay is set to a conservative value and setting it to 0 ( Zero ) will cause the menu fan-outs to appear faster. Speeding up Windows boot time is a complicated process. It (Time) will vary from PC to PC. Basically, a XP machine will boot completely in 40-45 seconds with NO 3rd-party apps or drivers installed. This closely approximates what a "Safe Mode" boot does. Boot times are affected by what loads and if any Services have issues or time outs attempting to start. Unfortunately too many programs add what's called "Startups & Watchdog (apps)" that run when the PC starts up. Not all are bad - but many are unnecessary and consume system resources best used for other purposes. <monty1945@lycos.com> wrote in message news:1191357501.392588.142860@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... > I've seen some videos about this on youtube. On one, the suggestion > is to go to startup delay and change the value from 480,000 to 40,000 > (decimal). Another suggests going to menu show delay and changing it > to zero. Can both be done or just one? And if only one, which is > faster? > > Thanks. >
Guest monty1945@lycos.com Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Using regedit to speed up computer startup time? In regedit, you go from HKey Local Machine to System to Current Control Set to Control to Content Index, and there you will see the Startup Delay line. There is a youtube video by "dannygreen" that shows it being done.
Guest Malke Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Using regedit to speed up computer startup time? monty1945@lycos.com wrote: > In regedit, you go from HKey Local Machine to System to Current > Control Set to Control to Content Index, and there you will see the > Startup Delay line. There is a youtube video by "dannygreen" that > shows it being done. > > > Why don't you try it and let us know? Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest John John Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Using regedit to speed up computer startup time? You can easily research these things, the key you mention is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex the REG_DWORD value StartupDelay is not what you think it is. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms692119.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms689718.aspx John monty1945@lycos.com wrote: > In regedit, you go from HKey Local Machine to System to Current > Control Set to Control to Content Index, and there you will see the > Startup Delay line. There is a youtube video by "dannygreen" that > shows it being done. > > >
Guest monty1945@lycos.com Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Using regedit to speed up computer startup time? I disagree. It is much easier to follow what is going on while watching someone actually do it. Moreover, you can often see by the comments whether there is something very wrong with what's being suggested. >From the links provided by John John, it seems that the Indexing Service should be disabled first using msconfig to achieve best results. But then again, if you don't need XP for specific tasks, Ubuntu is much better anyway.
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