It happens to every Windows user eventually. You buy a fancy new PC, and everything runs smoothly at first. And then, slowly but surely, it starts to feel more sluggish. Every week or month, things ...

When you start your system, Windows loads all essential Services and apps that are configured to run on system startup. The Windows Services are an essential part of the Windows operating system and ...

Windows 11 hasn't seen the growth numbers Microsoft was probably hoping it would, but it still makes up nearly 20% of Windows installs, according to AdDuplex. Although there have been a lot of ...

When we boot a Windows PC, some apps and processes start running in the background by default. They are automatically set to ...

If you have ever stumbled upon apps that open in your face as soon as you log into your Mac, you know how unwelcoming they can get. Such apps, also known as startup programs, are intentionally present ...

As you can see on the lead-in image above, when you right-click on the invalid entry (in this case OneDrive), the Open file location option would be grayed out if the executable doesn’t exist in the ...

Managing the applications that launch at startup is crucial for optimizing your Windows device's performance. By customizing which applications start automatically, you can streamline your routine and ...

The Startup page in Windows 11’s Settings is really useful for toggling which apps auto-start when you boot the system. But the more apps you have enabled in Startup, the longer it takes for Windows ...

Setting up a new operating system on your PC can give you a fresh, clean start. But each new installation also comes with some unwanted garbage, from bundled software ...

If your device takes ages to boot, and you blame it on its age, you’re mistaken. I used to think the same until I found the real culprit—too many apps loading at startup. Turning off unnecessary apps ...

Startup programs are apps or utilities that launch automatically as soon the operating system boots up. On macOS, startup programs are called login items, and they save you the time and effort you’d ...

Photo: David Snow/Cult of Mac Years ago I was a regular Mac user who switched to PC for a long time. When I fully re-immersed myself in the Apple ecosystem, an old annoyance came right back — all ...