Startup Delayer - Spped up you PC!

The power to speed up your computer's startup process!

Can you learn another language in the time it takes for your machine to boot? Do you turn on your PC when you go to bed, so it's finished booting by the time you get home from work the next day?







When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and grab CPU time so that it can load.

If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.

Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has started, to load each program.

For Example:
If you have your mail program and a special clock starting up, then you can make your mail start say 10 seconds after Windows has loaded, and then the special clock start 20 seconds after Windows Starts.

Compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/XP64/Vista

Credit: http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay



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WhyReboot - Freeware

WhyReboot is a small (~100KB) Windows application that helps you decide whether to reboot your computer after running an installer. It does this by displaying a list of "pending file operations" (rename, delete, etc) that will occur after rebooting your computer. Quite often, no reboot is really needed.


Download (http://exodusdev.com)


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Messenger Plus for Windows Live Messenger (inc. 2009 version) - Freeware

Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger that adds tons of features and extras to the software. Extend the possibilities of Messenger and make your experience a lot more entertaining!

* Automatic files downloader
* Quit texts
* Messenger lock
and many more...

Download: Msgplus.net/download/

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Get rid of Windows Update restart nag

Two ways to ger rid of windows update restart nag *

1) Disable per update:
Start=> Run => "Net stop wuauserv"

2) Removing the annoying Windows Update nag that pops up asking you over and over again whether you'd like to restart your computer now or later.



Now, to get rid of it:
Start / Run / gpedit.msc / Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Update / Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations

Seems simple enough. Obviously you should still get to restarting your computer eventually, but really, Windows - how many times in an hour do we need to be reminded that you're desperate for our restarting attention? Just let us work.



* Gpedit changes can be risky.
Windows ask for restart because it finish updating your computer, most of those updates tag as security updates so it is very important to restart system after updating.


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Credit: http://lifehacker.com