How to disable unwanted autostart delay?

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avada

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Hi!

Windows 8 waits several seconds before it start my programs that are set to auto start. I would like to make win8 behave like older variant. This new feature is of no value to me and annoying. The apps start too late and steal focus, or I just watch and wait stupidly for the apps to start while the system is basically idle... Hell, it's a lot quicke to start the apps manually lot of the, which of course defeats one main reason for auto-start.
Does anyone have a solution?
 

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go to control panel->Administrative Tools->Services.
Look for the service that you want to enable auto start, double click on it and change it to Automatic instead.
 

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topgundcp said:
go to control panel->Administrative Tools->Services.
Look for the service that you want to enable auto start, double click on it and change it to Automatic instead.
Click to expand...

I wasn't talking about services, just plain apps set to "start with windows".

vasyndrom said:
Time saving way:

Press Windows key+R and type msconfig and hit enter.
Click to expand...

Well, that does have the an autostart tab which opens the task manager, but I don't see an option to disable the delayed starting.
 

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avada, I assume that you already have your program auto-starting and you're looking for how to get it to auto-start faster?

If so, I would agree. I've experienced the same issue.
 

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I don't think there's way to control this behavior in autostart. All you could do is examine what's in there that is necessary to start with Windows and try to minimize them. It would not be that bad if you have a fast PC then the delay is very minimal. Often software company put stuff in autostart that is really unnecessary for them to run in the background. For example, If you install Google Chrome, then they'll put a googleUpdater in autostart, same as for Quicktime, Java etc... Those kind of things can be easily check manually.
And worse, they created services that run in the background when Windows start, so everything contributes to slow startup, not just in autostart alone. In addition, there are services that come with Windows that don't apply to your normal daily use.
 

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    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
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    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
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    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
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    Dual HP-W2408
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    Logitech
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    35/12mbps
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    Firefox
topgundcp said:
I don't think there's way to control this behavior in autostart. All you could do is examine what's in there that is necessary to start with Windows and try to minimize them. It would not be that bad if you have a fast PC then the delay is very minimal. Often software company put stuff in autostart that is really unnecessary for them to run in the background. For example, If you install Google Chrome, then they'll put a googleUpdater in autostart, same as for Quicktime, Java etc... Those kind of things can be easily check manually.
And worse, they created services that run in the background when Windows start, so everything contributes to slow startup, not just in autostart alone. In addition, there are services that come with Windows that don't apply to your normal daily use.
Click to expand...

Yeah well, I only have things in autostart that I actually want. And there isn't a significant cpu hit (Also I have an SSD), windows just waits stupidly...
 

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    Ryzen 5 1600
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    Asus Prime B350-PLUS
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My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Ryzen 5 1600
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime B350-PLUS
    Memory
    G.SKILL Trident Z 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz F4-3000C15D-16GTZB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (Asus ENGTS450)
    PSU
    500w FSP
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