![]() The Web browser screen shows you which extensions you can safely disable, potentially disable and those which are disabled, for all the web browsers you use. I’m sure you’re aware that the more extensions you run, the slower your web browser becomes. While I haven’t had a need to use this yet, I can see with user contributions and the PC Genome, that it could be very successful at solving program crashes for the basic user – something Microsoft ought to provide. Stats from other users are available for more popular programs. CrashesĪ useful tool (for some) which in essence, tells you why an app maybe crashing on your computer, and offers multiple solutions through analysis in the PC Genome. It’s quite interesting to see the seemingly random fluctuating boot times or in other cases, what may have caused them. A visual representation of major changes you have made to your computer (newly installed programs, Windows updates, etc.) and boot times. Removed – Simply a list of everything, paused or delayed in boot.Īccessible from the bottom left hand corner is ‘History’.Most of them are fairly important Windows services anyway.NET Framework or Logon GUI are just two examples. Either you’ll have to enter the clunky Windows admin tools or live with these apps running. Non-removable – Soluto can’t disable these.Potentially Remove – Designed for advanced users, these items may not have a description and often you will need to know exactly what is running on your machine to make a choice, for example various wireless HP printer tools, Windows Indexing, Adobe setup.The items in this category are usually programs (that you probably didn’t even know ran on your Windows boot) such as iTunes. No Brainer – All the apps in this category can be safely removed from booting without any detrimental effects to hardware or other software on your PC. ![]() ![]() When moused over, each item gives a short description of its purpose, as well as a handy pie chart to see what other users have chosen to do – Pause, Delay or Keep. It’s divided into 4 categories for easy, intuitive, navigation. The screen shows you all the applications and services you have running in your boot. This is where I have found spending most of my time. You can access all three sections of the program from here. When you launch the program, Soluto will run a check with the PC genome – a constantly updating database of user data on boot preferences, web browser plugins and application crash data. There are various methods to enter Soluto: click the desktop rollup (optionally displayed for a short time on boot), access it through the system tray or your bog-standard start menu launch. While you can use your PC before this message has appeared, anything you try to do should be faster once everything is running. This means that all your background services have started running. You may notice that in the screen shot it is says PC ready to use. Soluto will show you the real time it takes for your PC to fully boot up, this includes the background services and programs you won’t normally see, or even know are running on your PC. Rainmeter, CCC, Windows Live Messenger) have started, well that’s where you’re wrong. Now you may think that your PC has fully booted up once your auto run programs (e.g. What makes Soluto different to other Windows management software is the ‘PC Genome ‘- a collective data base of all users choices made with the software.Įvery time you boot up your PC, the corner of your desktop wallpaper is ‘peeled back’ to reveal a Soluto boot time screen. Designed to make your Windows computing life easier. ![]()
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