A common complaint among computer users is the amount of time they spend waiting for their laptop to start up and perform its tasks. Here are some handy tips on how to eliminate some of that waiting time.

Don’t shut your laptop all the way off between meetings; put it in the  low-battery consumption “Standby” mode. Shutting it down and waiting for it to reboot at the next meeting wastes valuable time. This way you are ready to start as soon as you arrive.

Having too many programs in your computer’s Start Up folder really slows things down. The solution? Eliminate all unnecessary programs.

Stop too many programs from running at the same time when you start up the computer. Don’t know how? It’s easy if you follow these instructions: click the Start menu, choose Run, then type “msconfig” to launch the System Configuration Utility. Next, on the “General” tab. click “Selective Startup”. Then go to the “Startup” tab and uncheck any startup items that aren’t necessary.

These are small but simple changes that you can make for yourself to save precious time.