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Its not the OS's fault that you've littered your machine with all sorts of startup checkers and startup apps. Then again, most end users arent aware of this. I

Its not the OS's fault that you've littered your machine with all sorts of startup checkers and startup apps. Then again, most end users arent aware of this. Is the state of software engineering so poor that no one has considered staggered or delayed startup for some of these borderline useless apps? I mean, startup is a busy time in the computer world and on the server end of things we use delayed services all the time, but on the dekstop the assholes at Apple and Google and the rest just assume that their little startup app should run immediately and with full priority and so what if you have 5 others just like this. Heaven forbid someone consider the end user experience here. I think MS had to step in and set these things to low priority starting with Vista. What a mess when the OS guys are fixing what the app guys are simply unable or unwilling to do.

Sephr 15y ago
To be fair, Google's updater doesn't run until the computer is idle for a certain amount of time.
- artursapek 15y ago
  As they all should!
Peaker 15y ago
The OS could show a visual indication that it is still running "startup" stuff, which are effectively a part of the boot process. Then you could return once that visual indication is gone, and know that your computer has completed the boot. Currently, the OS simply doesn't tell you when it's actually finished booting.
artursapek 15y ago
You made an incorrect assumption. I hadn't littered my computer with anything. I'm talking about bullshit apps which came with the computer. Apps such as (I'll read these off for you) a control panel for my Radeon video card, the same for my fan (which was unbelievably loud), Windows update, Java update, sometimes Microsoft Office update, an icon which informs me if there is a shock currently being detected (never) and if the hard drive is running (always), Bluetooth devices (I had never used one with the computer), Windows Security alerts, Windows sidebar (a genius non-creation from Microsoft), the safely-remove-hardware interface, and an unwanted volume mixer which I never touched once. This is Vista I'm talking about, perhaps half the fault is mine for not updating to 7. And a clean reinstall might have ridden the computer of a few of these, but only a few. Also, I left out Adobe update because it's completely 3rd party but in light of your second paragraph, I agree. That shit got annoying fast. And yes, the point I'm making and that others have reinforced is that the OS shouldn't pretend to be done booting up when it's clearly not. These things are part of the OS.

Sephr 15y ago

To be fair, Google's updater doesn't run until the computer is idle for a certain amount of time.

artursapek 15y ago
As they all should!

Peaker 15y ago

The OS could show a visual indication that it is still running "startup" stuff, which are effectively a part of the boot process. Then you could return once that visual indication is gone, and know that your computer has completed the boot. Currently, the OS simply doesn't tell you when it's actually finished booting.

artursapek 15y ago

You made an incorrect assumption. I hadn't littered my computer with anything. I'm talking about bullshit apps which came with the computer. Apps such as (I'll read these off for you) a control panel for my Radeon video card, the same for my fan (which was unbelievably loud), Windows update, Java update, sometimes Microsoft Office update, an icon which informs me if there is a shock currently being detected (never) and if the hard drive is running (always), Bluetooth devices (I had never used one with the computer), Windows Security alerts, Windows sidebar (a genius non-creation from Microsoft), the safely-remove-hardware interface, and an unwanted volume mixer which I never touched once. This is Vista I'm talking about, perhaps half the fault is mine for not updating to 7. And a clean reinstall might have ridden the computer of a few of these, but only a few. Also, I left out Adobe update because it's completely 3rd party but in light of your second paragraph, I agree. That shit got annoying fast. And yes, the point I'm making and that others have reinforced is that the OS shouldn't pretend to be done booting up when it's clearly not. These things are part of the OS.