Tag Archive for 'startup'

How to Disable-Remove ‘ctfmon.exe’ service in Windows XP (Simple Way)

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by
HWDOT
on June 24, 2008
in Office Suite, Tweak Windows and Windows Registry
. 4 Comments

How to Disable-Remove ctfmonexe in Windows XP (Simple Way)-1If you are frustrated (like I was) with the ‘annoying’ ctfmon.exe process that just won’t stop opening no matter what you do. Here’s a simple way to disable/remove the service from your Windows XP so that it doesn’t reappear from time to time. Yeah, just removing Ctfmon.exe from MSConfig does not disable Ctfmon.exe. Continue reading ‘How to Disable-Remove ‘ctfmon.exe’ service in Windows XP (Simple Way)’

Tweak Startup Speed Windows XP

Published
by
HWDOT
on January 13, 2008
in Tweak Windows
. 2 Comments

Tweak Startup Speed Windows XPCongrats, Your Shut Down process should be faster now, after applying the last article > Tweak Shut Down Speed Windows XP. But, is it enough for you? if your FINISH is now faster, then how is your START. Is your startup still slow? Then you wonder How to tweak your Startup process too. So let’s talk about “How to Tweak Startup process in Windows XP”.

With more applications installed in your computer, they will generally make your computer slower, especially when your Windows XP starts up. By the way not all of them are needed for your startup process. You can manually deactivate some apps in your toolbar tray and choose ‘disable/exit’. But, there are some programs like ‘QuickTime’ and others will be activated again when your computer restarts. It’s not practical to deactivate them everytime you starts your computer. That would be annoying. You can use a simple freeware to help you manage the process and tweak windows startup. The free software is Quick Startup. Continue reading ‘Tweak Startup Speed Windows XP’