| In Win ME, I used to be able to disable progams in the
| startup.exe by going to Run then typing msconfig. How do
| you get programs to quit loading when your computer boots
| up on Windows 2000. I am frustrated.
|
| I want to stop loading at bootup: Direc CD, CD Creator,
| Yahoo Mess, AOL IM, Quick Time.
|
| Help!!
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Here is all I have on this:
It's a long list!
There are two places that load programs at
the StartUp
one is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
the other is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Just expand down to the Run key in each and look at the entries, find the
ones you want to remove and delete them.
****Be careful editing the registry directly, you could potential cause
problems if you delete the wrong keys.
You can export the key(s)
before deleting in case you delete a key you wanted to start up.
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Credit to
Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
for this...
To view the list of your start up programs, look in the
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up
folders, and in the system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. These can
also be viewed, if I remember correctly, by right-clicking My
Computer, selecting "Manage" and expanding System Tools-- System
Information -- Software Environment -- Startup Programs. To prevent
any of them from starting at login, you'll have to delete shortcuts
from the startup folder(s) and/or edit the registry. I should point
out that, in order to make such system modifications requires one to
have administrative privileges to the machine in question. I should
also point out that one should not even consider editing the registry
unless he is fully confident that he knows exactly what is going to
happen as a result of each and every change.
That said, there are several shareware/freeware graphical startup
utilities available from various websites that claim to provide the
same basic functionality as Win98's MSconfig. I can neither recommend
their use or verify their safety or suitability, however, as I've
never tested them. Additionally many have people recommended
downloading and using the WinXP version of MSConfig, while others
report that doing so causes corruption to the Win2K registry. Again,
I have not tested this. And the same caveat applies: one should not
even consider making changes to his startup services unless he is
fully confident that he knows exactly what is going to happen as a
result of each and every change.
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Credit to;
Jim Byrd MS-MVP
for this...
There are several approaches you
can use to make controlling the Startup process easier in Win2k.
1) If you still have access to it, you can move a copy of the Win98
msconfig to your \System\ folder and it will work - just ignore any
complaints it makes.
2) Much better, you can go here:
http://www.thetechguide.com/downloads.html (XP Version which works in
Win2k just fine) or here:
http://www.3feetunder.com/files/win2K_msconfig_setup.exe (stated to be a
Win2k Version - probably the same as the XP) or here:
http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig_w2k.htm and download
msconfig.
3) As good, but different, is to go here:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml and get Mike Lin's Startup Control
Panel applet. A somewhat more difficult to use but more extensive
program to do the same thing is StartupList from here:
http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/index.html, or even better, Autoruns
from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#autoruns. Be very
careful about doing any Registry modifications directly unless you're
comfortable with this, and be sure that you BACKUP your Registry before
making any changes, so that you can recover if something goes wrong.
Changes made with StartUpCPL are less likely to cause problems, and are
usually a matter of just re-enabling the particular program. Another
program of this type that I can recommend is StartMan, free, here:
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/index.html. If you
have problems with suspected hijackers, you can look up and investigate
suspect programs in your StartUp lists here:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm
(Recommended)
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html (Recommended)
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm (Recommended)
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/startups.html
All work fine for controlling startups, however, I would recommend
getting both of the last two. They're both free, and each has some
advantages. For example, the XP msconfig also gives you some
visibility/control over services, while Mike's applet offers much better
startup control.
Also, you should read and print out/save for future reference mskb
article Q179365 here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q179365 which
will tell you the order in which things get loaded.
Two additional resources which have useful information relating to
startup issues are:
How to Delay Loading of Specific Services
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193888
HOWTO: Control Device Driver Load Order
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q115/4/86.asp
STARTUP LINKS
http://www.pacsportal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startlist.htm
http://ww2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
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