Advice Request Questions about free "Startup Manager" software

[cookinpro]

A friend of mine has a laptop that is slow as a slug to boot, he has too many programs loading upon bootup.
What startup manager software program would you recommend. This program needs to be simple and easy to understand as he is a beginner and has little patience.

 

[frogboy]

This works well for me. HiBitSoftware

 

[cookinpro]

This works well for me. HiBitSoftware

Thank you frogboy for the suggestion. I looked at HiBit Startup Manager and I like what I see.

Search results using google were less than inspiring. I found Chameleon Startup Manager, Autorun Organizer, Startup Delayer, Quick Startup (Glarysoft) + a few others. I did not really like any of them.

So, HiBit looks good and should be easy enough for him.

 

[tim one]

Autoruns is another good choice.

Autoruns for Windows - Windows Sysinternals

In addition, it shows so many entries that automatically start up, also useful to detect malware.
Indeed, many malware use to automatically start up with Windows.

 

[Cast]

clean starts and a safe mode scan. It's enough

 

[cookinpro]

Autoruns is another good choice.

Autoruns for Windows - Windows Sysinternals

In addition, it shows so many entries that automatically start up, also useful to detect malware.
Indeed, many malware use to automatically start up with Windows.

I agree with you tim one, Sysinternals Autoruns is a very good choice. I use it myself, and I like its capabilities. My friend on the other hand, well that's another story.

 

[Deleted member 69059]

As @tim one said, Autoruns from Systernals (Microsoft) is a great software, but I think that is not

simple and easy to understand

if your friend is a begginer.

If your friend's PC have Windows 8/8.1/10 he/she can use the built in Task Manager (taskmgr.exe). On the other hand if he/she have Windows XP/Vista/7 Msconfig (msconfig.exe) should work.

Also, Ccleaner have a section in wich you can manage auto-starting programs.
Another two simply soft that worth noting are StartupLite (from Malwarebytes) and WhatInStartup (from Nirsoft)

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

Startup Sentinel : KC Softwares
Features automatic blacklisting of malware (for automatic removal if appears again)