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Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Kristi Thread Starter. Remember, disable only those programs that you recognize and don't need to have running all the time. A message will pop up telling you that you must restart your computer before these changes will take effect.

Click on "Restart" and your computer will automatically reboot. All other rights reserved. Either way, follow the on-screen prompts to give Vista permission to continue. Click on the OK button. That's it! Your computer should now boot faster and crash less.

After you determine the items to which the issue is related, follow the steps in the "How to determine the service or startup item that is causing the issue" section to determine the individual service or startup item that is causing the issue. To determine the cause of the issue, you can prevent individual services and startup items from loading when you restart the computer. You can follow these steps. Click the Services tab, click Disable all , click to select the check box for the first service that is listed, and then restart the computer.

With the first service selected, click to select the check box for the second service, and then restart the computer. Repeat this process until you reproduce the issue. If you cannot reproduce the issue, you can eliminate system services as the cause. Continue to the next procedure. Click the General tab, and then click to select the Load startup items check box. Click the Startup tab, click Disable all , click to select the check box for the first startup item that is listed, and then restart the computer.

With the first startup item selected, click to select the check box for the second startup item, and then restart the computer. The Services and Startup tabs in the System Configuration utility have the following options:. When you click to clear a check box for an item, the Selective Startup option on the General tab is automatically selected. After you complete your troubleshooting and fix your configuration, return to a normal startup. You can follow these steps:.

On the General tab, click Normal startup , and then click OK. You can use the Tools tab in the System Configuration utility to start diagnostic tools and other advanced tools. The Tools tab also displays the path and the switches for the tools. To start one or more of the tools that are listed on the Tools tab, click the tool that you want to start, and then click Launch. For more information about advanced troubleshooting for general startup problems in Windows Vista, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

For more information about how to use System Restore to restore Windows Vista, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. For more information about how to configure Windows Vista to start in a "clean boot" state, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. If these articles can't help you resolve the issue or if you experience symptoms that differ from those ones described in this article, search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information.