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<\/p>\nI\u2019ve got a one-year old Windows 7 laptop. It\u2019s relatively strong \t\t\t\t\u2013 6GB RAM, fast quad-core processor, 500GB hard drive, and so \t\t\t\ton. I\u2019m not exaggerating when I tell you that I could brew a pot \t\t\t\tof coffee, pour a cup, and drink a few sips of it in the time it \t\t\t\ttook my lappy to boot up. Really \u2013 I\u2019m not kidding. And I\u2019ve \t\t\t\ttweaked and tuned and cleaned and removed all the startups I \t\t\t\tcould safely remove. Still, the coffee maker was faster than my \t\t\t\trelatively young laptop.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had Soluto installed on this computer for several months \t\t\t\tand never really got around to looking at all the features of \t\t\t\tit. But sometimes trying to think of new and interesting things \t\t\t\tto write about in this newsletter is challenging \u2013 and I do \t\t\t\tenjoy challenges. As Ben Franklin sagely noted: \u201cNecessity is \t\t\t\tthe mother of invention.\u201d<\/p>\n
I fired up Soluto for the first time in months. I was shocked by \t\t\t\twhat I found. Soluto had been dutifully collecting data about my \t\t\t\tcomputer\u2019s boot up times, and doing it silently in the \t\t\t\tbackground. It told me my average boot up time was just a tad \t\t\t\tover 6 minutes. There\u2019s just no way a newer computer needs to \t\t\t\ttake 6 minutes (plus) to boot up.<\/p>\n
I started looking at the information Soluto presented in its \t\t\t\tvery clean and nicely organized interface. The programs that are \t\t\t\tsafe to remove from Windows start up show in a green bar near \t\t\t\tthe top. The programs which can be remove but require you to \t\t\t\tmake an informed decision before you remove them from Windows \t\t\t\tstart up are shown in an orange bar in the middle. Under the \t\t\t\torange bar there\u2019s a gray bar of programs which cannot be \t\t\t\tremoved from start up (at least not with Soluto) \u2013 these are \t\t\t\tmostly Windows components which are required for Windows to run \t\t\t\tproperly. Then at the bottom right there\u2019s a blue bar which \t\t\t\tshows you the programs you\u2019ve removed from Windows boot up, \t\t\t\tusing Soluto.<\/p>\n
Soluto provides detailed information about most of the programs \t\t\t\tthat start up with Windows, so you can make an informed decision \t\t\t\tabout each one. What\u2019s nice about Soluto is that it allows you \t\t\t\tto \u201cpause\u201d a program \u2013 which means that it does not allow that \t\t\t\tprogram to start up with Windows. It also allows you to delay a \t\t\t\tprogram \u2013 so the program doesn\u2019t start automatically until after \t\t\t\tyour computer has booted. This is a great feature for those of \t\t\t\tyou who like to have certain programs available to you without \t\t\t\thaving to open them manually.<\/p>\n
Soluto shows you exactly how long it takes for each program \t\t\t\t(including Windows services and necessary Windows components) to \t\t\t\tload during Windows boot up. After using Soluto, I was able to \t\t\t\tget my Windows boot time down to one minute and 23 seconds \u2013 \t\t\t\tfive minutes faster than my boot time had been. So I am very \t\t\t\timpressed. I have used almost every start up control program \t\t\t\tknown to man, but I\u2019ve never found anything that worked as well \t\t\t\tas Soluto.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about as easy to use as a program like this can be. \t\t\t\tEverything is graphical — with detailed information about each \t\t\t\tprogram that runs at Windows start-up. More information is \t\t\t\tavailable with just a hover \u2013 and even more info is available \t\t\t\twith just a click. It\u2019s nicely organized and very intuitive; \t\t\t\tmost of you will be able to figure it out just by looking and \t\t\t\thovering over the graph-like bars. The bars expand and contract \t\t\t\twhile you hover over them.<\/p>\n
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Above Soluto shows that Windows Indexing service is adding \t\t\t\t21 seconds to my boot time \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of time.<\/em><\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Should I pause Windows Indexing Service? Should I delay \t\t\t\tit? Do I really need it adding 21 seconds to my boot time. \t\t\t\tSoluto gives me the information I need to make the right choice \t\t\t\tfor my computer. I paused it \u2013 in other word, I am not allowing \t\t\t\tit to boot with Windows because the service it performs isn\u2019t \t\t\t\tworth the cost in boot up time to me.<\/em><\/span> Anything in the green bar can be delayed or paused without \t\t\t\tworry \u2013 nothing in the green bar will cause a Windows problem if \t\t\t\tyou pause or delay it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Do you see (above) that WMP sharing was adding 18 seconds \t\t\t\tto my boot time? Do I really need it? No, I don\u2019t. Not for me; \t\t\t\tso I paused it and saved another 18 seconds.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Above you can see the amount of detailed information \t\t\t\tSoluto provides for Microsoft Malware Protection Signature \t\t\t\t(service) This cannot be paused or delayed by Soluto \u2013 and you \t\t\t\tcan see you have plenty of information available to you \u2013 and \t\t\t\tyou learn why it can\u2019t be paused or delayed. It provides \t\t\t\tdetailed information on many programs \u2013 if a program doesn\u2019t \t\t\t\thave any detailed information, you can use Soluto\u2019s Wiki feature \t\t\t\tto add your own description of the program and why it should or \t\t\t\tshould not start with Windows.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Soluto is the very best tool we\u2019ve ever used to control and \t\t\t\tmanage Windows start ups. It gives you the information you need \t\t\t\tto make informed decisions about what to pause (remove from \t\t\t\tstart up), delay, or allow to start up with Windows.<\/p>\n Soluto is beta software. That means it is still in development. \t\t\t\tBut it ran great on two of our computers and we\u2019re sold on \t\t\t\tSoluto. You will be sold on Soluto too \u2013 and you don\u2019t have to \t\t\t\tbuy anything \u2013 Soluto is freeware. Soluto has more features than \t\t\t\twe\u2019ve been able to cover here, but you have a good idea now what \t\t\t\tit does and how it works. It\u2019s easy to use, easy to understand, \t\t\t\tand it gives you the information you need to make the right \t\t\t\tchoices for you and your computer. What more can you ask?<\/p>\n NOTICE! EB is a tough sell. I had been bragging about Soluto for \t\t\t\ta few days, trying to coax her into trying it. She\u2019s always too \t\t\t\tbusy. Finally I cornered her and she had to try it. It took her \t\t\t\talmost 10 minutes to boot into Windows 7. She tried Soluto, and \t\t\t\tafter running it, told me it was a waste of time, since after \t\t\t\ther first time running it Soluto estimated she\u2019d save about 30 \t\t\t\tseconds on her boot up time. I just sighed. I knew after she \t\t\t\tbooted up again she\u2019d save more than 30 seconds. The more \t\t\t\tinformation about your Windows boot up Soluto has, the more it \t\t\t\tcan help you shave minutes off the boot up time. After two \t\t\t\treboots, her Windows 7 startup time is less than a minute (yes, \t\t\t\tthat\u2019s the truth!). She\u2019s sold on Soluto now, and soon she\u2019ll \t\t\t\tforget it was me who told her about it, and about six months \t\t\t\tfrom now, she\u2019ll say, \u201caren\u2019t you glad I told you about Soluto?\u201d \t\t\t\tI\u2019ll just sigh. At least I got to say my favorite five words to \t\t\t\ther: \u201cSee? I told you so!\u201d Keep this in mind: It may take a \t\t\t\tcouple of reboots before you see a big improvement in your boot \t\t\t\tup time.<\/p>\n You can download Soluto \t\t\t\tfree, or read more about it from the Soluto web site<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The skinny:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Soluto<\/strong> I\u2019ve got a one-year old Windows 7 laptop. It\u2019s relatively strong \u2013 6GB RAM, fast quad-core processor, 500GB hard drive, and so on. I\u2019m not exaggerating when I tell you that I could brew a pot of coffee, pour a cup, and drink a few sips of it in the time it took my lappy to boot up.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[413,1242,1240,1241,1239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions\/2030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAnti-frustration software – speeds up your Windows start up & more
\nFor Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit)
\nApprox 1.2MB file size<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"