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Have you had problems starting up your system these days? Tired of waiting five or ten minutes for your system to go from “booting” to “usable,” including all of the apps running in the background that need to start up after Windows has started and you’ve logged in?

The fine folks at Lifehacker have an excellent guide to speeding your system’s startup by trimming startup items in msconfig and your start menu, and then again using some handy free downloads like CCleaner.

[ Lifehacker :: The Complete Guide to Speeding Up Your PC's Startup ]