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Streamlining Your Boot Time | A Freebie For Everyone

By Robert Hammerstein

Real Estate Agent with Christie's International Real Estate

June 05, 2011 05:27 AM

Hi Everybody

Summer is almost here and I've come across a cool little program to share with everyone.

I wrote about this last year and the software has been recently updated now to cover more problem solves for your computers.

It can now also lighten your browser add ons as well as analyze your crashes with possible fixes.

Pretty Cool.

Has your computer slowed down to a crawl when you boot up your computer?

Do you often take a coffee break while you are booting your computer?

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Well here's a cool little program that can help in your quest for the ever faster and speedier boot/start up time and possibly fix some crashes that come up in your browser no matter which one you use.

Without getting to Geeky, this program will analyze all your programs that start up everytime you start up your computer.

It will show you programs that start up and remain open while your computer is on using up your precious RAM.

Also, it will show you programs that you could possibly disable to give you an even better start up speed.

Of course it also shows you the programs that you simply should not disable because you will need them for your windows operating system.

As far as I know this will not work on Mac's yet. Sorry bout that..

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It's fully compatible with 64 Bit and XP and any other Windows PC's.

As you can see it's still in Beta so maybe they will get it to work on Mac's as well in the future.

It's Free and we like free!

It's called Soluto
Check out the video below to learn more about it.

Dive into Soluto Beta from Soluto on Vimeo.

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Melissa Zavala

Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA

Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

When I had Vista, I could run a marathon before the computer was ready for me. Moved to Windows 7 and then to a Mac--both of which seem to have quick boot times.

Jun 06, 2011 02:27 AM

Bob Zorechak - ABR, GRI, e-PRO

Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan - Morristown, NJ

Sells Homes in Morris/Somerset/Hunterdon Cos., NJ

Is this similar to defragging?

Jun 06, 2011 02:29 AM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Robert, I will check this out later today. Thanks for the tip. Bookmarked!

Jun 06, 2011 02:59 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Mike - thanks and yes one of the many perqs here in the Rain

Donna - Give it a shot. You can always uninstall it and your comuter will return to it's original state after a reboot. Thanks

Christine - Go for it. It's free so what the heck right?

Jun 06, 2011 03:05 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

John - Give it a shot. Thanks for stopping by

Bill - Yes those process buggers can add up quickly once you start customizing your computer. go for it

Robert - That's the beauty of this program. It simpify's it down to no brainers and other programs that should not be disabled. It's very safe and non techy. It's been in Beta for a year but they keep improving it so it's still a safe download.

Jun 06, 2011 03:09 AM

Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker

Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX

Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!

Thanks for the tip! I bookmarked the post to refer to later!

Jun 06, 2011 03:14 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Gita - Thank you. give it a shot. No harm will be done to your computer as long as you follow the intuitive instructions that come up after your scan on your system. Good luck and thanks for popping by.

Gabe - Thanks for stopping by. This program is the only one I have found that is so intuitive and easy to use. Good luck not that you'll need it me thinks.

Melissa - Yes Win7 has a very quick boot time now and that's a good thing but as you customize your puter some things can clutter your boot time eventually. You may be able to shave off some of that time with this tool. Nothing for Macs yet though on this program... Sorry

Jun 06, 2011 03:14 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Bob - Nope Defragging is something completely different but still a good practice to do every few months as files are added and deleted on your computer. This is strictly for booting time speed.

Michael - Thanks. yes it's definitely worth a try. good luck with it.

Jeanne and Ralph - good luck and thanks for stopping by.

Jun 06, 2011 03:18 AM

Richie Alan Naggar

people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA

agent & author

I am helpless when it comes to a problem with the computer in regards to remedies. I know when something is not right, I just don't know what to do after that. I have been eying my boot session when it opens and when I shut it off, it takes its sweet time too. I will check into your suggestion and thank you

Jun 06, 2011 03:46 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Richie - Try this out and if that fails also do a derfrag on your hd. That is something that also can speed up your computer in many ways. If you have any questions feel free to email me and I'll be glad to help you out. What system are you running? As in Windows 7 or XP or even Vista?

Jun 06, 2011 04:40 AM

MeLisa Minter, Realtor

Minter Real Estate Services - Taylor Lake Village, TX

Bay Area Houston Real Estate Agent

Thanks for this Rob. I always know there are programs running in the background when we boot-up our computers. I have several, but don't wont to risk deleting them in fear of interrupting my Windows System - that's happened to me before.

But since you mentioned that the program will tell us which programs we should keep going and which ones we can do without, I think I may try this.

Jun 06, 2011 04:55 AM

Richie Alan Naggar

people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA

agent & author

What a good man you are....Vista...

Jun 06, 2011 05:24 AM

Ann Nguyen

eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Truckee, CA

Lake Tahoe Truckee Homes For Sale

Robert,

My laptop have been running soooooooo slow lately and I have been scratching my head since I have plenty of disc space left. I will try this & see if it solves the problems. Thank you!

Jun 06, 2011 05:37 AM

Barb Van Stensel

Chicago, IL

Robert. I am going to try this out because my system has been running to slow for my liking lately. Thanks so much for sharing!

Jun 06, 2011 06:38 AM

Hannah Williams

HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA

Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Bob.. I must try this one my home computer is running slow when it starts up .Great tip ..Congrats on the STAR!

HelpfulHannah

Jun 06, 2011 07:10 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

MeLisa - No worries with this program. It will tell you which you can stop and what the consequences will be. No harm in trying it. Good luck.

Richie - Well my first suggestion would be to re-format your hard drive after a full backup of course and install XP.Vista has been problematic since it's inception. But first just try to do a defrag of your HD and see if that helps. If you've never done this before on your computer be prepared for some down time as it can take some time to do this. Go to start, type in Degrag into the search button and it will bring up the Disk Defragmeter. Click on it and runn it. Try that to see if it helps as well. Good Luck

Jun 06, 2011 07:56 AM

Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Ann - It can't hurt to try it and it's free.. we like free... good luck and thanks for stopping by.

Barb - Good luck and may the speed be with you...

Hannah - Hi, and thanks for the kind words. Try it out. It can't hurt and who knows maybe it will help your slowwww computer out.. good luck Hannah

Jun 06, 2011 08:00 AM

Richie Alan Naggar

people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA

agent & author

Robert...all over this...pleasant thoughts from me and my computer both...

Jun 06, 2011 11:50 AM

Nathan Tutas

Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Davenport, FL

Your Central Florida Real Estate Expert

I just used Norton to do the same thing you mention in this blog. But they don't show you which items need to be running and which ones are safe to get rid of. Thanks for the info.

Jun 06, 2011 03:06 PM

Sandra Corrigan

CEO/Owner/Team Leader/Keller Williams Executives Realty LLC - Highlands Ranch, CO

Thanks Robert,

We are always looking for ways to be more efficient and have more time to serve and play!

Sandy

PS Do you know about the free automatic backup called sugarsync? It backs up to the cloud every time you make a change in a document.

Jun 06, 2011 05:19 PM

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