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how do i stop running programs in the background, and what are the only ones i need??? my puter says running programs 35

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

how do i stop running programs in the background, and what are the only ones i need??? my puter says running programs 35

Applications that start with Windows can be found here:
- the WIN.INI, section [windows], entries "run=" and "load="
- the Registry keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
- the folders
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
See "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) for help with finding out
which ones you really need.

 

[Ken Blake]

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how do i stop running programs in the background, and what are the
only ones i need??? my puter says running programs 35

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start. 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.

Nobody can tell you which you need. You need to examine each one
and determine what it does for *you*, and what the cost, if any,
in performance is of running it. Only then can you determine what
you feel is worth running.