Chapter 3. Startup and Shutdown Issues

This Chapter Is for You If...

• Your computer runs increasingly slower over time.

• Your computer is fairly new, but it runs really slowly.

• Booting to the desktop takes forever.

• Tons of unwanted programs are running in the System Tray.

• On shutdown, the system hangs or crashes.

• Your PC sometimes seems short of memory.

• You can’t put your computer into Sleep mode.

What You’ll Learn

In this section, I’ll teach you:

• How to figure out why your system starts up so slowly

• How to check to ensure you have the right hardware for a zippy startup

• What hardware components affect startup

• Why a super-fast hardware system might still drag its butt

• Why over time your system will get slower on startup ...

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