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click on start, run, type in msconfig. select the startup tab which shows which programs are loaded into memory at startup. There are probably a lot of programs which you could disable to improve boot time. You can check what each does if you google each one. After unchecking ones that can be left out click apply then ok. They are loaded into memory so that should you want to run the program they are available without reading from the hard drive which saves time but increases initial boot time