OK, if you are a regular reader, you know I like Windows 10; however, it is not perfect. I finally got tired of one little nag which has bugged me for a while. I feel that it must be annoying some of you as well so here is all about it – according to Ron.
Every now and then when I boot up a Windows 10 computer I get a notification that says, “Disable apps to help improve performance.” It goes on to tell me I have three or more apps that start automatically and might be slowing down my computer.
Well heck, no one wants to have their computer start slowly. So, like most of you, I click the “X” to the right of the warning and ignore that nag. After a month or two of this on my super-duper amped up computer I realized I wanted this resolved.
I found several programs which were supposed to fix this. They work by letting you choose the programs that slow the boot down and tell them to start seconds, minutes, or even hours after your computer has finished starting/booting. The application I chose is called “Startup Delayer” (rd.dblclx.com/startupdelayer). It gives you a list of all the programs in your startup application list and you can delay their start. Warning, DO NOT CHOOSE to delay your antivirus which will always be a RAM hog but you want it to run when your system starts.
First you must find out which apps are possibly slowing down your computer’s startup. To do this use the Task Manager. There are many ways to open the Task Manager but the easiest is to hold down the Control and Shift keys then tap the Escape key. (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) Once it is opened click on the Startup tab at the top. Then click on the “Startup Impact” label until High shows at the top. The High impact apps are the ones that may be slowing down your boot time.
Startup Delayer is easy to use and now you know how to determine what may be slowing you down.
There is one other way I have found without getting another new app but it is slightly tricky. This only works while you are receiving the “Disable apps” message previously mentioned. If you have not gotten it when you start your computer it will not work…only while you are receiving that message.
Open the “Control Panel” (right click the start menu then Control Panel on the list) then go to “Security and Maintenance.” Now click the arrow to the right of the word “Maintenance” and underneath you will see 
a link “Turn off messages about startup apps.” Click those words and the nags will go away.
Those apps will continue to “possibly” slow down your computer’s start time but you will not be bugged by the message. I do not think that the amount of slowing caused by these is worth worrying about, but that is your call.
