straycat19 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 A while back I posted a status update that I found an old Windows computer that had about 217 programs on it. It was an original install when Windows 7 was released and then updated with SP1. In other words it was probably in dire need of being formatted and reinstalled. Instead I removed about 50 programs from it and cleaned out the temp files and folders and the caches on the system. I updated or replaced a couple programs, for example it had an old version of Outpost Firewall and I replaced it with Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus. And it is still a fast machine. I installed BootRacer to check it out and here are the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eufrasiox Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 you have also deleted the residual folders of the programs that you deleted? Did you also delete the programs in the windows registry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 28 minutes ago, straycat19 said: Could you explain what these pictures should mean or show and whether they are somehow related to your Windows 7. In short, what they are? I ask because they are very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 bootracer screens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbleck Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 boot time in seconds (time it takes Windows to start) as is available in Windows 10 through Task Manager - Startup tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 31 minutes ago, jbleck said: boot time in seconds (time it takes Windows to start) as is available in Windows 10 through Task Manager - Startup tab Sorry, I didn't know you're living together with @straycat19 I would have asked you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 boot time consistent with systems on hard disk boot on win7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbleck Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 27 minutes ago, Kalju said: Sorry, I didn't know you're living together with @straycat19 I would have asked you. Sorry for intruding... most times i just ignore a cat trap (makes a cat feel smart i guess). I know that u knew what those screens meant and u still felt compelled to ask for more detailed info. I guess u weren't pleased by my retarded answer... Was it meant to make u feel the way u do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 @Kalju and @jbleck.....Miaowwwww lol 🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr3dL0x Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 13 hours ago, straycat19 said: And it is still a fast machine. I installed BootRacer to check it out and here are the results. Yes thats a pretty good time. I got 26.437 on my 5 yr old heavily congested, just as it is, HDD (no SSD), Win7 lappy. The reason I am posting here is for a different reason though. The reason is that after uninstalling Bootracer via its own uninstall tool I noticed that Start>All Programs>Startup was missing. Actually what had happened was upon the unistallation of Bootracer somehow the All Users startup folder 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup' was renamed from 'Startup' to 'STARTUP-' and had the hidden attribute checked. My personal startup folder 'C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup' was unchanged. Anyways this could have been a big PITA to a novice computer user, and is unacceptable to me. Just a warning for anyone wanting to try Bootracer and then uninstalling it as I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egress Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 @Dr3dL0x Damn! Good to know. That would be a PITA. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 22 hours ago, eufrasiox said: you have also deleted the residual folders of the programs that you deleted? Did you also delete the programs in the windows registry? Of course. I use Revo Uninstaller Pro and Total Uninstall and then I do manual registry searches if I suspect there may be something neither program caught. 22 hours ago, Kalju said: Could you explain what these pictures should mean or show and whether they are somehow related to your Windows 7. In short, what they are? I ask because they are very strange. They are boot racer result screens. Shows the total boot time of the system in seconds. 9 hours ago, Dr3dL0x said: Anyways this could have been a big PITA to a novice computer user, and is unacceptable to me. Just a warning for anyone wanting to try Bootracer and then uninstalling it as I did. This is a 10 year old computer running an i7-870 CPU on Asus P7F with 4 GB Ram and a 500 GB HDD. I have used Boot Racer on many systems and have never encountered the problem you did. I uninstalled it from the system and checked and everything was normal, I saw nothing like yours. Then I reinstalled it with no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eufrasiox Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Beware of uninstaller programs you must know what are you doing once, uninstall a program with Revo, advanced mode I uninstall the program, folders and all the remnants of the registry, I also delete my Windows activation password, I do not know how, but it happened. that's why I do not use these programs now, they can erase things that are necessary. my advice: uninstall the program normally, and manually delete residual folders afterwards, then clean what you find on that program in the windows registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, straycat19 said: This is a 10 year old computer running an i7-870 CPU on Asus P7F with 4 GB Ram and a 500 GB HDD. 10 years ago this processor was not available yet. It came out a bit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitorio Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, eufrasiox said: Beware of uninstaller programs you must know what are you doing This a big truth for me. Once tried one of them, I think Revo Uninstaller, and needed to run Windows restore to reverse what the uninstaller removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Good job. Outpost Firewall? That brings back memories, OSS (Outpost Security Suite) was my AV for a long, long time. IIRC, until some company bought Agnitum for their technology but weren't interested in keeping their products going. I recently upgraded a friend's Windows 7 PC that I built for him in early 2011. Only used for email, browsing, and watching Youtube videos. I replaced the old HD with a smaller SSD (cloned the old HD onto it with Macrium Reflect Free), doubled the memory from 4GB to 8GB, and swapped the old PSU for a new one. He's delighted with a much faster boot and applications are more responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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