The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Faster Vista Startup

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by fortzum, Aug 14, 2008.

  1. fortzum

    fortzum Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    25
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Should I disable all thinkvantage software except for power manager and active protection? My vista boot is so slow and I need to make it faster. Also, is client security systems provide any benefit to a normal user? Thanks
     
    fortzum, Aug 14, 2008
    #1
  2. synic

    synic Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    131
    Messages:
    849
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    What laptop do you have?
     
    synic, Aug 14, 2008
    #2
  3. techboydino

    techboydino Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    72
    Messages:
    476
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    This post might help. It worked for me as a start.
     
    techboydino, Aug 14, 2008
    #3
  4. fortzum

    fortzum Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    25
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a T61
     
    fortzum, Aug 14, 2008
    #4
  5. chen

    chen Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    224
    Messages:
    741
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    30
    - In Vista's Start Search type msconfig & hit the [Enter] key on your keyboard
    - Once System Configuration has started, select the Boot tab and click the Advanced Options button
    - In the BOOT Advanced Options dialog, check the "Number of processors" check box, and choose 2 (or 4 if you have quad core) for the number of processors.
     
    chen, Aug 14, 2008
    #5
  6. cookieofdoom

    cookieofdoom Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    135
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30

    That number of processors bit is a common misconception. Vista automatically uses as many cores/processors as you have. That check box just forces it to a given number. http://winhlp.com/node/150

    You might find this interesting, though. http://lifehacker.com/399766/microsofts-advice-on-how-to-speed-up-vista
     
    cookieofdoom, Aug 14, 2008
    #6
  7. chen

    chen Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    224
    Messages:
    741
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    30
    thanx for the info man...I copy pasted it from somewhere....never tried it too
     
    chen, Aug 14, 2008
    #7