Make your computer boot up faster with Startup Delayer

When Windows boots up a computer it attempts to load everything at once causing a system overload with CPU spikes and constant multiple file access requests  at once saturating the hard drive, this results in computer slow down. Delaying or disabling startup applications you will free up system resources speeding up your operating system at boot up time.

Startup Delayer is a free program with a start up manager from where to delay or disable a program during boot up, it is as easy as dragging and dropping it inside Startup Delayer window manager. You can change the order in which applications are loaded during computer boot up time, notes can be added next to each application, with each individual application time delay customizable, the program allows you create multiple startup lists and experiment which one best suits you.

StartUp Delayer speeds up Windows boot up

StartUp Delayer speeds up Windows boot up

If you get confused having to decide what application to prioritize during Windows boot up time, use the automatic delay option which looks into your CPU load and idle disk values before deciding what is best, Startup Delayer provides with a wealth of information  on each application, including file details and digital signature.

The tabbed interface makes browsing around options very easy, a couple of different tabs group System Services and Running Tasks, helping you identify what software is delaying your computer boot up. A paid for Premium edition of this software let’s you back up and restore startup sets and add  add running tasks to the startup routine.

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Speed up computer booting time with Soluto

Computers can take a long time to boot up due to start up programs, you need to wait for software to load before you can start working with your PC, Soluto is a freeware that will monitor your computer and detect what is slowing it down at start up, then give you a choice of what to do with it, pause, delay or place the process last at the booting time queue.

Soluto categorizes the start up applications when you boot your computer and calculates how much time it takes to load each one of them, for then give you a recommendation on what to do next, if the application is not needed by Windows, like for example an Office software suite, Soluto will delay the loading of the software at start up until the computer has enough processing power during idle time, giving you priority to use the computer.

Soluto computer booting time calculation

Soluto computer booting time calculation

Soluto has a community based approached to solving computer problems, if one of your applications crashes Soluto will send a report of the problem to its PC Genome central database, if anyone else is having the same problem it will offer a solution based on how other users have dealt with it.

The interface is very easy to use, with a nice coloured graph, you get advice and tips during the whole process about how to optimize your computer booting time.

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Export LastPass passwords to KeePass & StickyPassword

Websites get hacked all the time, using a password manager allows you to create a unique hard to guess password for each one of your accounts without having to remembering it. Password managers will help you to secure your digital life and they also save you time by automatically entering your username and password into websites.

LastPass performs the encryption in your browser and then sends the information using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to their encrypted servers, the only possible vulnerability I see would if a flaw was discovered in LastPass encryption method and someone managed to carry out a man-in-the-middle attack.

When it comes to finances I rather not to run unnecessary risks, and I see no reason at all why my passwords should be stored online, I decided to export all of my LastPass passwords to KeePass, a free open source desktop password manager.

Whatever password manager you use, one thing I have noticed is that all of them make it very easy for you to import passwords from another application and do not supply the same facility to move out somewhere else.

How to import LastPass passwords into KeePass

First of all export LastPass passwords, do not do this by clicking the export button in your account, this will only convert your passwords into clear text in your browser. To export LastPass passwords for KeePass you want a CSV file, file click on LastPass browser icon, go to Tools>Export to>LastPass CSV file.

To import LastPass CSV passwords into KeePass go to File>Import>Generic CSV file, this will import all of LastPass passwords, the only drawback I noticed is that the notes do not get imported properly, you will have to clean it up afterwards if you have notes below your passwords, they will be imported using separate entries.

KeePass import CVS passwords

KeePass import CVS passwords

How to import LastPass passwords in StickyPasswords

StickyPassword (a premium password manager) has an option to import LastPass passwords but thisdid not work for me and I kept getting an error message, I had to use a work around.

Go to LastPass icon in your browser click on Tools>Export to>Firefox, you will get a warning that this exports all of your passwords to FireFox browser in plain text, ignore the warning and export everything.

Using StickyPassword now use the Import>Mozilla Firefox passwords and everything should work, make sure to erase all of Firefox passwords when you are done! Firefox>Options>(click Security tab on top)>Saved passwords>Remove All

StickyPassword import passwords

StickyPassword import passwords

Linux LastPass & KeePass users

If you are using Linux as your main operating system, there is an utility called LastPass2KeePass to export all of your LastPass passwords into KeePass XML import.

List of websites to download free eBooks

There is no need for you to pay for downloading an eBooks, many websites offer legal free electronic books for download, many of those books have had their copyrights expired or are being given away by the author as a promotion for his/her products.

Download free electronic books

Google Books: With Google Book Search you can either download PDF files of books that aren’t under copyright lock or view book excerpts in PDF. You can also search for free eBooks by author, title, date, publisher, and ISBN number.

Obooko: You have to join the site to be able to download free eBooks from Obooko but the process is easy and painless. Obooko has new free eBooks added daily, fiction, non-fiction and all kind of  genres available.

Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg has over 32,000 free eBooks for download. All of their free electronic books can be downloaded as ePub, Mobipocket, HTML and simple text formats, you will be able to read them with Android and iPhone too.

Sony eBook reader

Sony eBook reader

Free-Ebooks: Free Ebooks hasover a dozen genres of eBooks which can be downloaded as a PDF, mobi and .epub for mobile devices. You will need to register to download free electronic books and the free version only allows for 5 free eBooks downloads per month.

ReadPrint: Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. ReadPrint has many classic free eBooks ready for download of well known authors and titles.

ManyBooks: There are over 27,000 free eBooks at ManyBooks. You can browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from our visitors and find the perfect book for you to read.