How to Manage Windows startup programs: Autoruns.

Manage windows start up program when windows boot up.

Did it ever occurred to you, why windows takes an eternity to boot up ? Of course there could be too many reasons why windows take too long to start up. Even if you have a reasonably powerful system, many a times it’s the unwanted programs that launches every time you start your computer. Worst of all is when numerous unneeded and invisible processes launch, slowing down both start-up and your computers performance as a whole. If you feel your system is powerful enough and free from viruses and Malware’s and yet your system is not performing up to the mark, think of unwanted programs running in the background and eating up all your system resources.

AUTORUNS is a FREE utility, that shows you what programs are configured to run during system boot up or login and also shows you the entries in the order windows process them. Autoruns will show you everything that happens on your PC when Windows starts up. View the drivers, applications and even virus. Remember once a program is listed to run on start up folder, it will start when windows boot and will run in the background taking up your precious system resources. When we install a program / software many of them gets configured to run on windows start up without your knowledge, and most of these programs we don’t really need, except for the Antivirus, windows Firewall, Anti spyware or Malware software etc. which are a must have security tools.

AUTORUNS is a free windows software very small and less than 600 KB in size. The program’s interface is a little cluttered, with 17 tabs that display the various programs and processes that run on startup. These are again separated into categories, there’s also a dedicated tab that shows everything. Disabling an unwanted process is as simple as unchecking the box next to it. Autoruns lets users optionally hide windows entries or windows and Microsoft entries, this feature is helpful to prevent users from accidentally disabling critical windows processes. But for the most part the program is quite easy to use.

After starting the program, You’ll probably be surprised at how many executable are launched automatically! Manage Windows start up programs with this free software and make windows boot up faster and run faster. AutoRuns comes as a ZIP file and is accessible after extraction with no need for installation.
TYPE : Free
Size : Less than 600 KB
Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
Download : Latest Version

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Posted By: Ben Jamir