Drivers and Windows Boot Time
Saturday, March 24, 2012 by kona0197 | Discussion: Personal Computing
So does anyone know of a program that will scan my PC and tell me what drivers need to be updated? Looking for a low cost or freeware solution.
Also my computer takes forever to boot. It's just a few days old. I've gone into MSCONFIG and turned off all of the useless things that I don't need turning on when I boot up. I've also disabled anything that auto-updates. Yet the notebook takes almost a minute and a half to boot. Can this be due to my low end Celeron B800 1.5 GHz dual core processor or is it the OS? Any ideas on a fix?
Reply #2 Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:41 AM
Did you Delete all the Bloatware?
Did you go to Services and put some non-needed services on Manual
Some times when you do stuff in MSCONFIG they come back best to use Services and put them to Manual... ONLY use DISABLE if you know for sure it wont mess with something else.... or when you use MSCONFIG and they do come back you can go to
C:\Program Files and/or
C:\Program Files (x86)
find the one you don't want to start and change (Example the Extension from a .EXE to XEX or .DLL to .LLD etc. then they can't load )
You could try reinstalling your OS (Win 7 ??) I take it
Reply #3 Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:44 AM
what OS is in use ? - how much memory do you have installed ? and what programs are loaded on startup...?
What protection is in use ?
I dont know of any good driver scanner but i do it this way i browse for the manufactures homepage and look at the driver number and compare them.
A Bios flash (not always but sometimes) can help to speed up the "boot time"
Reply #4 Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:26 AM
So does anyone know of a program that will scan my PC and tell me what drivers need to be updated? Looking for a low cost or freeware solution.
Also my computer takes forever to boot. It's just a few days old. I've gone into MSCONFIG and turned off all of the useless things that I don't need turning on when I boot up. I've also disabled anything that auto-updates. Yet the notebook takes almost a minute and a half to boot. Can this be due to my low end Celeron B800 1.5 GHz dual core processor or is it the OS? Any ideas on a fix?
Secunia PSI will get your other apps (Flash, AIR, Java, Reader, whatnot) updated, but doesn't do all drivers afaik. Still very worth using.
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
I've always liked Raxco, but I've never needed to pay for these sorts of things. Still, free trial. http://www.raxco.com/home/perfectupdater.aspx
Also, you might try a good defrag http://www.mydefrag.com/
Boot time should definately improve.
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Reply #1 Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:11 AM
SlimDrive is FREE WORKS go
Driver Genius Pro. 11 $29.95 Free Trial to scan but will not update Driver unless you pay