For many programs disabling their "startup" command without the program knowing may cause the program to encounter problems, I've had this problem when I tried to use MSCONFIG to disable HP printer programs from loading, but whenever I tried to run the program again, it encounters an error, and the blue screen occurs, I re-checked the program on MSCONFIG and it worked perfectly, when I used CCleaner to disable it, it just started normally...

Not all programs are affected by the MSCONFIG "trick" but some programs are vastly affected, and even if programs aren't tied to startup they are affected.

A very good example of this is Supreme Commander, when I used to play this game it would work perfectly, and would only cause memory leak when I have 300+ units on the field and have 0% RAM left.

But when I used MSCONFIG to disable startup programs so that I don't have to close programs through task manager every time I want to pay Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander would go blue-screen every around 10 minutes, but when I used CCleaner to disable startup programs, it went back to its original state.

I'm not saying don't use MSCONFIG at all, just be careful with its use and even programs not linked to it may be affected...

EDIT: The memory leak issue may have been fixed by an update/patch because the article linking to Microsoft's explanation of MSCONFIG and memory leaks is dead

This post has been edited by csp4.0: Apr 19 2008, 01:10 AM

thats a good tut - but the best way to make your pc to go faster is save all your work to a usb pen drive or something and then reinstall your pc - its quick and it lasts a good 6-12 months . my pc is 6 years old and its unmodified and still runs a dream

to keep your computer running fast and right

what you need to do is going into start programs accessories then go into system tools and do disk clean up at least once a day and also do disk defragmenter at least once a month depending on how much you download if you dont download alot or very little then you might not have to do disk defragmenter that often but check it at least once a month.. now for you crazy downloaders lol like i am i cant lie lol you should check it at least once every two weeks to keep your computer from slowing down and trust me you dont want it to get ahead of you cause if you do wow it will take so long for it to finish and trust me it is so worth it

I hope this works.....i saw this guide before....it works a little. Not too sure if it makes a noticable difference.