5 Common Programs that Make Windows Take a Long Time to Load

We format the computer, install the latest version of Windows, the latest patches, the drivers, update the antivirus … so far everything is correct, and our PC works perfectly. However, when we start to install the most common programs to start using the PC, we begin to notice how Windows slows down and, above all, takes longer to turn on. This is because many of them are automatically configured to open at Windows startup. And in 90% of the cases, this is something totally unnecessary that only makes our PC look older than it actually is.

The programs that are configured at the beginning of Windows do so to be pre-loaded in memory. In this way, instead of having to be loaded from scratch when we are going to use them, they are already in memory and are opened instantly. This can be useful for some programs. Even for others it is essential, since they have to be working from the first moment together with Windows. But for others it is something totally unnecessary that only slows down the PC.

Windows Take a Long Time to Load

All programs that run at Windows startup will slow down the PC. But there are some that slow down considerably more than others. Let’s see them.

Antivirus, one of the biggest drawbacks of Windows

Thanks to antivirus software we can navigate more or less calmly on the Internet. However, it must be taken into account that this type of software is one of the most resource consuming. Obviously, antivirus programs are configured to start automatically at the start of the PC. And they also do it with priority, to be the first thing that starts to work.

Using the PC without antivirus is not recommended. But what we can do is find another alternative that does not slow down the computer so much. If we use Windows 10, your own Windows Defender can be an excellent option that maintains a perfect balance between performance and security.

Chrome on Windows startup? No thanks

Google Chrome is another program that is usually always loaded in the background. If, while we use the browser, it already consumes a lot of memory and a lot of CPU, why would we want to have it loaded when we are not using it?

The goal of Google is to make that, when we double-click on the program, it opens instantly. However, it is worth disabling the background of Chrome and waiting a couple more seconds for the program to open rather than always having the browser loaded in memory and consuming resources.

Quitar Chrome segundo plano

Skype, the unnecessary messaging program

One of the programs that is installed by default when installing Windows 10 is Skype . This program allows us to chat with our contacts or make calls and video calls over the Internet. The problem is that, unless we work with it, the times that we will really need it are very few. And having it open automatically at Windows startup is totally unnecessary.

Therefore, we must remove Skype from Windows startup to avoid loading unnecessary software and speed up the PC startup.

Skype inicio Windows

uTorrent, the most used torrent download manager

When we are going to download torrent files from the Internet, one of the most popular and used programs is uTorrent . Leaving aside the problems (which are not few) that this software has, it is also one of the ones that slows down the computer’s startup the most.

It is very convenient to start downloading files from nothing more than opening the program. However, this is not entirely practical if we need the fast PC to do other things. Therefore, it is preferable to disable the automatic start of this program and open it by hand when we really need it.

uTorrent en Windows 10

Many common programs

Although we may not see them loaded in the system tray, there are many very common programs that we usually have many installed that load at the beginning, both complete and certain modules of it. Although it is true that individually their startup does not mean much, all of them together can make Windows take much longer than necessary to load.

Some of these programs are:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud.
  • Wildman.
  • PowerDVD.
  • Spotify.
  • MiniTool Partition Wizard.
  • IObit Driver Booster.
  • Java.
  • Jdownloader.

Many of these programs do not appear in the Task Manager, so we recommend using other more complete software such as Autorun Organizer , which we can download from here .