Speed up boot time of laptop

[Magnum]

I am trying to speed up the bootup time on my daughters laptop.

I attached a list of programs that are open in Task Manager.

I am pretty knowledgeable about the essential ones needed.

Thanks,
               Andy

[qWord]

That is what I commonly do:
1. remove all programs from msconfig/Systemstart except the AV
2. let the end-user test the computer
3. reactivate programs that the user miss
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[sinsi]

1. what qWord said
2. change power option to high performance
3. buy an SSD

[dedndave]

you can google all those EXE's and see what they are
honestly, eliminating all of the extras may not speed up the boot process all that much

personally, i prefer to run without the "auto-scan" type AV's
they slow things down a lot - if i get some malware, i can usually get rid of it
but - it's hard to tell that to a non-geek type user, because it leaves them unprotected

[Magnum]

Computer uses MS Forefront Endpoint Protection and most buttons are greyed out.

There is only one user that I can log on to. So not sure if it has admin rights. I stopped the program and restarted it with a Runas admin but buttons stayed greyed out.

Outta here,
                       Andy