I distinctly remember around 20 years ago pressing the start button on my beige Windows XP desktop and waiting three or four minutes for it to fully boot. I was always so excited to get on my PC and ...

From corrupted system files and outdated drivers to too many startup programs and slow hardware, various factors can cause your computer to take longer to start up. Aside from getting an SSD, enabling ...

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To disable a program, simply right-click on it and select “Disable.” Be cautious not to disable essential system programs. Focus on third-party applications that you don’t need immediately after ...

Pick and choose the scripts Ubuntu runs on startup with the BootUp-Manager package. By disabling several scripts you can speed up the boot and shutdown process. The Zolved weblog recommends 7 scripts ...

Every time I boot up a good 15 seconds is wasted trying to irq poll the hda and hdb drives. I am very new to linux, so I assume this is like trying to find two drives that don't exist, like a floppy ...