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         STEP   By default, your PC leaves a o ne second gap  b etween  STEP  If you  c lick the ‘ Speed up’ b utton 1 on BootRacer’s
           7    starting each program  o r a pp on your PC during  8  main screen, y ou’ll s ee two o ptions - R emove M  alware
                startup. BootRacer l ets you
                                                                                            e d on’t recommend. The
                                                                        F ix Clean
                                                                     and
                                                                                B oost, which
                                     r educe t his g ap. T o d o t his,
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         click  B ootRacer’s A dvanced  b utton 1 , c lick Options, t hen  t he  first option automatically d ownloads m  alware-removal tool
         Startup  C ontrol tab 2 . H ere, change the ‘ Delay b etween starting  UnhackMe, while t he second prompts you  t o i nstall CCleaner
         apps’ t ime f rom  1 000ms (milliseconds) t o 5 00ms 3 , t hen  c lick  Professional. I nstead, w e r ecommend K aspersky Internet Security
         Save 4 or ‘Save a nd Reboot’ 5 (if y ou want to restart y our P C  2018 (see our R eader O ffer, page 70) a nd the f ree v ersion of
         and  c heck your new  b oot t ime).                  CCleaner (www.snipca.com/26366). R un both programs, t hen
                                                              restart y our P C  t o f urther reduce your boot time 2 .
         STEP   Next, select the B oot
           9    Time Trend i nterface to
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                the m
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         see a g raph 2 showing y our P C’s
         boot t imes since installing                                                           5
         BootRacer. Click  t he History
         button 3 to see a f urther                  1
         breakdown  o f t his g raph, w  ith
         your best, w  orst a nd average                        4
         startup  t imes 4 . Y ou can print         2
         this list o r s ave a c opy o f i t
         (useful f or comparison at a l ater
         date). To do that, click  t he ‘Save        3                                      4
         as’ b utton, click  ‘ Save to DOC’ 5 ,
         then rename and  s ave t he file
         on your PC.


                                                                      STEP   BootRacer h as a b uilt-in tool that lets you
                                                                      10     take a s creenshot of its main interface –
                                    3                                        useful if you  w ant t o t ake a s creenshot of
                                                                      your graph 1 . T o d o t his, click  t he Advanced  b utton 2
                                                                      , t hen  ‘ Take screenshot’. In the w  indow  t hat o pens,
                                                                      use t he dropdown menu to select your screenshot’s
                         4                                            save location 3 . N ame t he file a t t he bottom 4 , t hen
                                                                      click  S ave 5 . ●
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