When you turn on Windows, several components and some background programs are loaded.
For example, in a normal PC on which the most common programs are installed, Quicktime, iTunes, Adobe Acrobat etc. are loaded during power up.
These programs do not load entirely but allow that if they are called by the user and then opened, they will load very quickly.
Obviously you have to select the programs to be preloaded when you turn on the PC otherwise the startup process would become increasingly slow.
Web browsers are among the most used programs that deserve to be preloaded by Windows.
Internet Explorer, being integrated in Windows, is preloaded and therefore its initial startup is rather quick.
Who uses Google Chrome will have noticed that for some time the background browser preloading has been active (I think if you install the Gmail Offline extension
For now, Firefox does not allow preloading when the computer is turned on, but anyone interested in opening Firefox faster than before can install an extension that enables Firefox to load in the background when Windows starts .
Firefox Preloader (no longer exists) is a Firefox extension that allows you to add that allows the browser to preload at the start of the Windows PC so, when you open it, Firefox loads very quickly.
The procedure for preloading Firefox when the computer starts is as follows:
After installing Firefox Preloader you need to open the " C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox " folder, right click on the firefox.exe file and click " send to -> Desktop ".
A shortcut will then be created on the desktop to start Firefox.
Rename this link with Firefox Preloader so as to distinguish it from normal Firefox, click on it with the right mouse button, go to the properties and, in the destination field where it is written " C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe " add a space to the right of the quotes and then the argument -preloader
In the end the target field should be: "C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe" -preloader
Click OK and then move the mouse on the Firefox Preloader link in the " Startup " folder ( Windows Start menu -> Programs -> Startup )
At this point Firefox should load at startup in a similar way to how Internet Explorer naturally does.
To verify that Firefox loads when the computer starts and to manage the other programs that start with Windows, just go to Start - Run or search and write the msconfig command (see how to use MSConfig to solve startup problems).
In the end, when you click on the Firefox icon to browse the internet, it should take much less than before (although it won't be instantaneous).
In another article, the guide on how to speed up Firefox startup with lots of tips and other addons to use.
For example, in a normal PC on which the most common programs are installed, Quicktime, iTunes, Adobe Acrobat etc. are loaded during power up.
These programs do not load entirely but allow that if they are called by the user and then opened, they will load very quickly.
Obviously you have to select the programs to be preloaded when you turn on the PC otherwise the startup process would become increasingly slow.
Web browsers are among the most used programs that deserve to be preloaded by Windows. Internet Explorer, being integrated in Windows, is preloaded and therefore its initial startup is rather quick.
Who uses Google Chrome will have noticed that for some time the background browser preloading has been active (I think if you install the Gmail Offline extension
For now, Firefox does not allow preloading when the computer is turned on, but anyone interested in opening Firefox faster than before can install an extension that enables Firefox to load in the background when Windows starts .
Firefox Preloader (no longer exists) is a Firefox extension that allows you to add that allows the browser to preload at the start of the Windows PC so, when you open it, Firefox loads very quickly.
The procedure for preloading Firefox when the computer starts is as follows:
After installing Firefox Preloader you need to open the " C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox " folder, right click on the firefox.exe file and click " send to -> Desktop ".
A shortcut will then be created on the desktop to start Firefox.
Rename this link with Firefox Preloader so as to distinguish it from normal Firefox, click on it with the right mouse button, go to the properties and, in the destination field where it is written " C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe " add a space to the right of the quotes and then the argument -preloader
In the end the target field should be: "C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe" -preloader
Click OK and then move the mouse on the Firefox Preloader link in the " Startup " folder ( Windows Start menu -> Programs -> Startup )
At this point Firefox should load at startup in a similar way to how Internet Explorer naturally does.
To verify that Firefox loads when the computer starts and to manage the other programs that start with Windows, just go to Start - Run or search and write the msconfig command (see how to use MSConfig to solve startup problems).
In the end, when you click on the Firefox icon to browse the internet, it should take much less than before (although it won't be instantaneous).
In another article, the guide on how to speed up Firefox startup with lots of tips and other addons to use.
