Frustrated
by how long it takes for Windows to fully load after you've logged in?
So is just about every other Windows user on the planet. Now you can
do something about it. The free Soluto, currently in free beta, does a
very nice job of helping you cut that time--in ways that no other
program does.
Soluto
runs in the background and watches what programs and services load
when you log in. It then analyzes how long each of them takes, and
categorizes them according to whether they are required for Windows,
potentially removable from Windows boot, or are instead a "No-brainer"
that can easily be removed from boot. It bases this information on what
the company calls the Soluto PC Genome, a database about many PC
applications that the company has put together.
It
then shows you details about each application and service, by category
of whether they can be removed each of those programs, and lets you
determine whether you want to allow the program to remain in the Windows
boot, whether you want to Pause it (which means you'll have to start
the program manually), or whether you want to delay it, which means that
Soluto will allow the program to load, but not at boot time. In that
way, you'll boot more quickly, but the program will still be available
after several minutes.
It cuts about 30 seconds from the normal boot time of around three minutes and fifteen seconds.
That's
not to say the program is perfect. It recommendeds removing the
excellent Outlook add-in Xobni from boot, even though that would mean
Xobni wouldn't work when Outlook ran. And it was not able to provide
details about every program and service that ran on boot. Also, keep in
mind that if you uninstall Soluto, all the changes the program made
will be undone.
Still, those are relatively minor quibbles. If you're looking to cut your Windows boot time, Soluto is a solid bet.
To download Soluto Click here.
Source: PCWorld
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