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I am running windows up home and I am wondering where I go to find out what
programs are running on start up
 
I am running windows up home and I am wondering where I go to find out what
programs are running on start up
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Assuming that your intent is to stop some of these from autostarting,
here's my standard post on this subject:

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options (usually by right-clicking on its icon in the System Tray,
next to the clock) to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure
you actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show
icon" option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that
doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the
Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to start
automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of
running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell
you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs
you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but
others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do
is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what
the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can get
more information about these at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it there,
try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
 
charlie and grace said:
I am running windows up home and I am wondering where I go to find out what
programs are running on start up
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Google for "Startup Inspector". Very useful, friendly and free.

John




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