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W o r k s h o p s

STEP Open BootRacer t o s ee your boot
3 time (in s econds) 1 . Y ou’ll s ee a
breakdown
o f t he entire process a t
the t op, i ncluding h ow long y our BIOS took
to load (Windows Boot) a nd how l ong b efore
your desktop was r eady to use 2 . T o fi nd out
which p rograms are s lowing down your
startup p rocess, c lick Enable Control 3 . N ext,
click E nable S tartup Control, tick E nabled,
then click ‘ Restart y our P C a nd Analyze 2
Results’. Y o ur PC will now r estart.
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2 STEP Reopen BootRacer, click
4 ‘Which p rograms slow
down start-up?’ 1 , t hen
click t he Analyzing R esults tab 2 .
4 Y o u’ll see t hree options 3 measuring
start t ime, load time and t otal startup
3 time. S tart and l oad times a re
explained o n t he right 4 . C lick Total
Startup T ime 5 to see a l ist o f a ll the
programs that start u p w ith y our P C.

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STEP Each start-up program i s l isted w ith i ts start-up time STEP In the w indow t hat o pens, y ou’ll s ee a l ist o f a ll the
5 start a nd load times ( see S tep 4 ) a t t he bottom 4 . Y ou 6 items t hat s tart up with your PC - i n t he order t hey
c lick the ‘ i’ button 3 to see i ts
1 . S elect any 2 , t hen
start. I tems at the t op are t ypically n eeded to make
can safely disable or remove any t hird-party p rograms that sure your PC starts without problems. S croll d own a nd you’ll
take too l ong o r a ny you d on’t use. Leave a ny programs that see n on-Microsoft programs. Y ou can disable these or remove
came p re-installed or that you’re not sure about. R ight-click them from the l ist. Untick a ny program 1 to disable it. T o
any p rogram, t hen c lick Control S tartup Programs. remove a p rogram, s elect it, t hen c lick Delete 2 . C lick the
Refresh b utton 3 when you’ve finished.

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