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[artistpavel]

Originally Posted by SugarJ

If he's running Vista, see here:

Boot Up - Vista Forums

Make sure you change the number of processors used at boot if he's got a Core 2. That's a little trick no one really talks about, but makes a huge difference, especially with i7's.

edit: direct link for above

Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors - Vista Forums

hmm, people say it's faster, but according to this article, the system uses all cores by default, so who is right?

Mythbusting: Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths

"According to this tip, you were supposed to use MS Config to modify the "Number of processors" drop-down on the Boot tab. The problem is that this setting is only used for troubleshooting and debugging, to be able to determine if there is a problem with a single processor, or for a programmer to test their code against a single core while running on a multi-core system. Windows will use all your processors by default without this setting."

[3.0charlie]

I don't know who's right, but the startup time on the lappy was 90 seconds, and after modifying the MsConfig Boot tab, it dropped to 60 seconds...

[matsta31]

Tell your granpa of the benefits of folding for the HWC team. Then he will have to leave it on at night ! Voilà

[artistpavel]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

I don't know who's right, but the startup time on the lappy was 90 seconds, and after modifying the MsConfig Boot tab, it dropped to 60 seconds...

I run a few tests using ReBoot Time:

- 86 sec. with tweak
- 73 sec. without tweak
- 74 sec. without tweak
- 70 sec. with tweak
- 75 sec. with tweak

didn't make a difference on my system (Windows 7)