Make Windows Load Faster - Disable Logon Music

[DankOfOwnage]

This tutorial is a complement of how to improve the performance of your computer. Every time you start your PC a Windows logon music appears. The size of this file is about 500 KB that you computer has to load in order to play it. As a consequence, it slows things down on your PC, if you disable this music, you will not only be eliminating something that you don't need, but helping you computer performance overall.

I highly recommend that you disable the logon music. To do so, follow these steps.

In Windows XP do the following:

1. Click --> "Start" then go to --> "Control Panel" and select the --> "Sounds and Audio Devices"

Note: Be sure you are working in the classic Control Panel view.

2. Once the control has loaded, click the --> "Sounds" tab.

3. Locate the --> "Program Events" scrollbox. Look for --> "Start Windows" by scrolling through the list and click it to select it.

4. Then, locate the --> "Sounds" drop down box and click de down arrow on the right to expand it. Scroll to the top of the list and select None.

5. Click --> "OK" and you are finished.

[ELHULK]

very helpful

[DankOfOwnage]

Yeah...it really makes a difference....especially in netbooks and older laptops

[AlexFG]

Something that will improve performance twice as much is disabling all the nice layouts and switching to the classic one.

Right Click on my Computer > Advanced > Settings > click "Adjust for best performance" > Apply > Ok and you are done.

While you are at it go to Start > Run > type msconfig and hit enter > go to Startup > check off everything except ctfmon or any other driver your system might need > apply > OK and you are done.

[Mr._Pseudonym]

;^) One can also switch off the sound effects for logging off, if we want to speed that up, too. Again, this is useful for notebooks, where you might be in a more mobile environment and need to put things away quickly....

[bassboy119]

Thank you so much!