WindowsNov 13, 2026

Your PC isn’t slow to start, Windows 11 is quietly holding your apps back on purpose, and one tweak cut a user’s wait from 2.5 minutes to 30 seconds

A Redditor cut his startup app wait from 2.5 minutes to 30 seconds with just two registry values. Microsoft's documentation and Raymond Chen explain why Windows holds back Startup group apps, why the results vary between PCs, and how to set StartupDelayInMSec and WaitForIdleState safely. The post Your PC isn’t slow to…

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