Windows 11 can be set to ‘clean boot’: make booting faster

When using a computer, what we want most is to be able to enter the system in seconds. However, as the computer is used for a longer period of time, the system startup speed will always be slowed down, so there is no once and for all way to make the system always in a fast startup state?

If you want to keep your system booting fast for a long time, the "Clean Boot" feature is a must-have. As the name suggests, clean boot is the process of starting Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs.

This feature can also be used to determine which background programs are interfering with games or other programs, similar to starting Windows in Safe Mode, and allows you to better control which services and programs are running at startup to help you isolate the cause of the problem.

So how do you set up a clean boot? The steps are as follows, just follow them.

1. Log on to your computer as an administrator. If you're not sure if an account has administrator privileges, see "Creating a Local User or Administrator Account" in Windows for instructions on how to see if an account has administrator privileges and grant them to the account as needed.

2. Select Search, type msconfig, and then select System Configuration from the list of results.

Important: If the computer is connected to a network, the network policy settings may prevent you from performing these steps.

Use the System Configuration Utility only to change advanced startup options on your computer under the guidance of a Microsoft support engineer. Using the System Configuration Utility may make the computer unavailable.

3. On the System Configured Services tab, select Hide all Microsoft services and then select Disable all. Select Apply.

4. On the Startup tab of the System Configuration, select "Open Task Manager".

5. On the Task Manager's Startup tab, for each enabled startup item, select the item and then select Disable. (Keep track of disabled items. You will need to know this later.)

6. Close the Task Manager.

7. On the System Configured Startup tab, select OK. When you restart your computer, it will be in a clean boot environment. Follow the troubleshooting steps to install, uninstall, or run applications. In a clean boot environment, the computer may temporarily lose some functionality. After clean boot troubleshooting and restoring functionality, reset the computer to boot normally.

By this point, you will have completed all the steps for those who want to simply boot their system quickly, but if you always feel that games and programs do not run well in your daily use and you want to troubleshoot the cause, please continue to read on. Next I will describe how to determine the cause of the problem after performing a clean boot.

If the problem does not occur while the computer is in a clean boot environment, you can determine the startup application or service that is causing the problem by systematically turning the startup computer on or off and restarting the computer.

While opening individual services or startup items and restarting each time will eventually locate the problematic service or application, it is most effective to test half of them at a time each time you restart the computer, thereby eliminating half of the items as potential causes of the problem. This process can then be repeated until the problem is identified. The method is as follows:

Log on to the computer as an administrator. If you are not sure if an account has administrator privileges, see "Creating a Local User or Administrator Account" in Windows for instructions on how to see if an account has administrator privileges and grant them to the account as needed.

Select "Search" and then type msconfig. Select "System Configuration" from the list of results.

Select the Services tab, and then select Hide all Microsoft services.

Select each of the check boxes in the upper half of the list of services.

Select OK, and then select Reboot.

After the computer restarts, determine if the problem still occurs.

If the problem still exists, one of the items to check is the faulty service. Repeat steps 1 through 6, but in step 4, clear the bottom half of the box in the list of services selected in the last test.

If no problem exists, the item checked is not the cause of the problem. Repeat steps 1 through 6, but in step 4, open the upper half of the box that was cleared in the Services list for the last test.

Repeat these steps until you have isolated the problem to a single service, or until you have determined that no service is the cause of the problem. If you encounter problems when selecting only one service in the Services list, go to step 10. if none of the services are causing the problem, go to step 7.

Select Startup and then select Open Task Manager. On the "Startup" tab on Task Manager, one at a time, select the top half of the item that was disabled earlier, and then select "Enable".

Select "OK" and then select "Restart".

If the problem occurs, repeat step 7, but this time disable the lower half of the item that was enabled in the last test.

If the problem does not occur, repeat step 7, but disable everything that was enabled in the last test and enable the other half of the disabled item.

If you encounter problems after enabling only one startup item, the Enabled item is the one causing the problem and you should go to step 9. If no startup item is causing the problem, there may be a problem with the Microsoft service. See Recovery Options in Windows.

After identifying the startup item or service that is causing the problem, contact the program manufacturer to determine if the problem can be resolved, or run Windows with the service unchecked or with the startup item disabled.

Of course, some of you may not be used to clean startup, after all, this is the least number of programs to start to enter the system, so how to restore it? The specific steps are as follows:

Select "Search" and type msconfig. Select "System Configuration" from the list of results.

On the "General" tab, select "Normal Boot".

Select the Services tab, clear the check box next to Hide all Microsoft services, select Enable all, and then select Apply. "Apply.

Select the Startup tab, and then select Open Task Manager.

In the Task Manager, enable all the startup programs that were previously disabled, and then select "OK".

When prompted to restart your computer, select "Restart".

Well, by this point is not another cold knowledge about Windows system mastered? I hope it will help you to use Windows system.