text: problem with computer....? my computer start up time is very large, it takes like 5 minutes for the computer to start, and that is after the windows logo has come.  my comuter gets stuck on the desktop for like 5 minutes.  can you suggest a few ways to speed up my computer? the normal functioning is ok. no problems there. also, no viruses or spywares loaded. too many services running on auomatic startup, remove unwanted items from startup and if  the startup is still slow. try this. type serices.msc in run. and stop the services that are not required at startup, and change the start up option to manual from automatic. my guess will be that you have installed oracle or some other application that requires services to be up and running, regardless of you using them.