Fast Windows startup thanks to autostart. Additional software
The computer takes a long time to boot... A familiar situation. How is it that after installing the system, everything just flies, and then loading takes longer and longer.
The thing is that a clean system is not burdened with so many programs and utilities that we will install later. Moreover, some utilities are added to startup without asking us about it. It is clear that we simply cannot do without some; take, for example, an antivirus or a firewall - this is our line of defense.
How to setup?
Let's move on to the most important thing, how to get to the list of these programs and utilities. Microsoft has developed a very useful utility for this. Msconfig. To run this utility, press the Win key + R and enter the command Msconfig and Ok
The window " system configuration" and select the tab ""
As we see, there is nothing superfluous. The choice of programs that will always load with the system is yours. It is enough to uncheck the program that you do not need. You can also edit the list of services that start with the Windows shell. To do this, open the tab " Services"
Disable unnecessary services
To disable unused services, just uncheck the checkbox of the selected service. This must be done carefully so as not to disable the desired service. A list of services and recommendations for disabling can be viewed.
Disable startup via the Windows registry
Additionally, the list of programs can be checked and edited in the registry. To do this, press the Win key + R and enter the command regedit
Now we find the sections
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
in these sections of the program that run for the current user.
In sections
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
here are programs that run for all users.
To remove a program from autorun, just delete the parameter with the program name.
Conclusion
If you don’t want to deal with startup yourself, you can use special utilities that will show a list of programs in startup and disable them.
Very often users operating system face long loading time or slow computer performance. Often the problem is that in the car loading windows The list of programs that run with the OS is too large and they need to be removed.
In addition, many viruses that enter your computer under the guise of files, drivers or software are automatically added to this list of executable commands. As a result, strange messages may appear during boot that cannot be removed, and the operating system may not start at all. Each process can be seen in the task manager to understand which of them has the greatest impact on the load on the processor, which is the command processor.
Two types of startup
Everyone has encountered the fact that windows just “flies” immediately after reinstallation, but as time passes it starts to work slower and slower. Firstly, the user needs to know that there are two lists of automatically loaded processes, and with them two answers to the question: how to remove a program from startup?
Custom List
It is very easy to edit manually. You can add the program to startup without any problems, or remove files that are not needed. This list is custom. Can't find it here system applications and most of the services and programs that load when the OS starts. For each operating system user, a separate Windows startup setting can be used.
To see and remove the contents, you need to do the following:
- Open the Start menu;
- Select “All programs”;
Can be removed from startup unnecessary applications and treat their shortcuts like regular files.
System list
In this case, the list of launched applications and services is the system configuration. Here you can edit many startup options for programs and operating system services, such as:
- Selecting the Windows startup type;
- View the contents of the bootloader;
- View the main active services;
- Setting up autoload.
Each of these options allows you to change the operating system boot options. But first, let’s look at how to open startup in order to edit the list of tasks that affect the load on RAM and the task processor - the central processor.
How to get to the configurator?
There are many ways to go into the system configuration settings to edit the list of startup files and services.
Method 1: Control Panel
The surest way to find software, which may affect changes in the startup settings of the operating system, go to the “Control Panel”.
In the “Administration” tab there is the “System Configuration” function.
Method 2. Through the search bar
Starting from the seventh windows versions, the “Run” command in the “Start” menu replaced search string, which allows you not only to search necessary programs and system services, but is also a command handler that allows you to start the desired service. To call the system configurator to configure autoload, use the command: msconfig.
After executing the command, the corresponding window should appear. You need to go to the desired tab.
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to delete the application launch entry; you can only disable or enable it by unchecking or checking the box. It is not always possible to get rid of the virus this way. Many of them will activate the next time you boot Windows, thanks to a running service or process.
Method 3: Registry Editor
In a situation where malware has entered your system, in the best possible way You can remove it by editing the startup registry. Before you begin to change records, please note that extreme care and accuracy must be used. Removing the wrong key may result in a completely non-functional operating system.
In order to start the registry editor, you need to run the command in the search bar of the Start menu: regedit (the task execution window can be called from command line or the key combination Win+R).
You can edit parameters, delete or add a program to startup for the user under which you are currently registered in the system in the following lines:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
You can add the program to startup in the general registry entries using the same path. They are located in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder
Additional software
Specialized programs allow you to disable startup of an application with the ability to delete entire entries, as well as clean the registry after that. There is a lot of such software, and the choice depends only on you. The software greatly simplifies the user’s task in setting up startup and can eliminate unnecessary actions. Let's take, for example, the CCleaner program.
If the question arises: how to disable autoloading through software, then doing this is quite simple. It is located in the “Tools” menu and allows you to remove unnecessary applications and files that are automatically downloaded not only from Windows, but also from one of the browsers.
This is very convenient due to the fact that most viruses are attached in the form of plugins, so finding and removing them becomes almost impossible. After clearing a parameter such as startup programs in Windows, it is recommended to clean the registry in automatic mode. It is also possible to completely remove all temporary files from the system, including Cookies, which may contain malicious code.
Result:
Thus, with the help of specialized software, using it periodically, you can easily monitor the clutter of the OS and registry, and avoid unnecessary things in the system list, such as startup in Windows, which will only take 5-10 minutes a day.
At the first sign of system overload, check the settings automatic start and running processes. In order to see them, you need to enter the task manager. See what's putting stress on RAM and processor. Then you can find the application that needs to be disabled or optimized.
Today it is difficult to find an organization that is not subject to virus attacks. And although anti-virus software is already installed almost everywhere, sometimes it becomes necessary to manually see where in the registry this or that malware starts. When searching for resident malware, we cannot help but worry about the following questions:
This article is devoted to consideration of these issues.
There are many ways to autoload. We will look at just a few options. I hope this will help you in finding and removing malware from startup.
Registry
IN Windows registry Vista startup is presented in several branches:
- programs launched upon login. They run for all users on the system;
- programs that are launched only once when the user logs into the system. After this, program keys are automatically deleted from this registry section. Programs in this section run for all users on the system;
Programs that are launched when the current user logs into the system;
- programs that run only once when the current user logs into the system. After this, program keys are automatically deleted from this registry section.
For example, to automatically launch Notepad when the current user logs in, open Registry Editor(regedit.exe), go to the section:
and add the following key:
“NOTEPAD.EXE”=”C:\WINDOWS\System32\notepad.exe”
Using Group Policy for AutoPlay
ОOpen the snap-in Group Policy(gpedit.msc), go to the tab Computer configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. On the right side of the snap-in, go to Login(Fig. 1).
Rice. 1. Using group policy for autorun
(for all users)
By default, this policy is not set, but you can add a program there: enable the policy, click the button Show -> Add, indicate the path to the program; if the program being launched is located in the ..WINDOWS\System32\ folder, then you can only specify its name - otherwise you will have to specify full path to the program. At the same time, in the system registry in the section a subsection \Explorer\Run is created with the keys of the added programs.
Example
“1”=”notepad.exe”
“2”=”iexplore.exe”
As a result, we get the launch of Notepad and Internet Explorer for all users. Autostart is set similarly for current users - in the snap-in Group Policy this is the way User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System(Fig. 2), and in the registry - section [ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run]
Rice. 2. Using group policy for autorun
(for current user)
Important! At the same time, programs from this list are not displayed in the list of programs available for disabling in msconfig.exe, and are also not detected by all startup managers.
Autostart from a special list
Programs can also be launched from the following registry section:
Options:
- “load”=”programma”- programs that are launched before the user logs into the system;
- “run”=”programma”- programs that are launched after the user logs into the system.
These parameters are analogous to autoloading from Win.ini in Windows 9x.
Example
We launch Internet Explorer before the user logs in and Notepad after the user logs in:
“load”=”iexplore.exe”
“run”=”notepad.exe”
Do not process autorun list for older versions
Computer configuration - Administrative Templates -> System -> Login -> . If you enable this policy, programs from the following registry keys will not be launched:
When this policy is used, the following key is created in the registry:
“DisableLocalMachineRun”=dword:00000001
The policy for current users is set in the same way: User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Login -> Do not process the list of launching old programs- with the difference that in the registry this option is enabled in a different place:
“DisableLocalUserRun”=dword:00000001
Ignore startup lists for programs executed once
Configurable using Group Policy: Computer configuration - Administrative Templates -> System -> Login -> .
If you enable this policy, programs from the list will not start:
.
If this policy is enabled, the following key is created in the registry:
“DisableLocalMachineRunOnce”=dword:00000001
The policy for current users is also configured: User Configuration - Administrative Templates -> System -> Login -> Do not process the list of programs to run once.
Registry settings:
- “DisableLocalUserRunOnce”=dword:00000001
Assigned Tasks
Programs can be launched using Task Scheduler. You can view the list of installed tasks, as well as add a new one: Start -> All programs - Standard -> Service -> Task Scheduler.
This will open a window Task Scheduler, which displays assigned tasks (Fig. 3).
Rice. 3. Task Scheduler window
To add a new task, you need from the menu Actions select item Create a task(Fig. 4).
Rice. 4. Create a task in the Task Scheduler
You can launch programs using this wizard once - when you log into Windows, when you turn on the computer, or according to a schedule.
Startup folder
shortcuts are stored for programs launched after the user logs in. Shortcuts to this folder can be added by programs during installation or by the user independently. There are two folders: common for all users and individual for the current user. By default these folders are located here:..\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup- this is the folder from which programs will be launched for all computer users;
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup- this is the folder from which programs will be launched for the current user.
You can see which programs you run this way by opening the menu Start-> . If you create a shortcut for a program in this folder, it will launch automatically after the user logs in.
Changing startup folder
Windows reads the folder path information from the registry. This path is described in the following sections:
“Common Startup”=“%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup”- for all users of the system;
“Startup”=“%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup”- for the current user.
By changing the path to the folder, we will get all programs from the specified folder to autoload.
Example
“Startup”=”c:\mystartup”- the system will load all programs whose shortcuts are located in the c:\mystartup\ folder, while the folder will still be displayed in the menu Start, and if the user did not have anything in it, then he will not notice the substitution.
Replacing a shortcut for a program from the startup list
Let's say you have Acrobat installed. Then you will have a shortcut in the folder Adobe Reader Speed Launch, which is installed there by default. But it is not at all necessary that this shortcut refers specifically to the corresponding application - any other program can be launched instead, especially since this will not affect the functionality of Acrobat.
Adding a program to a program launched from the startup list
Modification of the previous option - simultaneously with loading any program from the startup list, another program will start. The point is that you can “glue” two executable file into one and they will run simultaneously. There are programs for such “gluing”. In addition, the shortcut can link to a batch file from which both the original program from the list and added third-party programs will be launched.
You can view the list of automatically downloaded programs by opening the program System Information(open Start -> All programs -> Standard -> Service -> System Information or dial msinfo32.exe on the command line) and going to Software environment -> Automatically downloaded programs. Program Properties of the system displays startup groups from the registry and folders (Fig. 5).
Rice. 5. Startup groups from the registry and Startup folders
Another program that allows you to view a list of startup programs is System Setup(to start, type msconfig.exe from the command line). This program, in addition to viewing the startup list, provides the ability to disable all startup items (tab Are common) or selected programs (tab).
Of course, the information provided in this article cannot be considered exhaustive, but I hope that it will help you in the difficult fight against malware.
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