Learn how to delay the startup of a service in Windows Vista.
Introduction
If your Windows Vista computer takes too long to boot up you can delay services from starting when Windows boots up. The delayed services will start a few minutes after Windows has booted up. Delaying services helps speed up the boot process in Windows Vista because there are less programs loading into memory during the boot process.
Note: This is only recommended for non-critical services. Delaying the start of your antivirus or firewall services would leave you unprotected for a while.
Delay a Service
- Type Service in the search box in the Start Menu.
- Click Services in the search results.
Note: If your account doesn’t have administrative privileges right-click Services and select to Run as administrator.
- Double-click the service you want to delay in the Services window.
- Change the Startup type to Automatic (Delayed Start).
- Click OK to apply the changes.
By mike_monterrey on June 6th, 2008 at 1:02 pm #
eit how u doing? just one q?
is this possible in home basic ..i type in service in the search box but i did not get the BITS poperties window…txs
By lozzz on November 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm #
what about delaying the windows sidebar (eg… automatic ( delayed start)
lozz
By Brent Trahan on November 25th, 2008 at 9:10 am #
There’s no need to delay the sidebar.