startup programs in Win XP Pro SP3

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Lee said:
Where do I find a list of the programs that are called/installed at
startup?
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Start button --> RUN --> type in:
msconfig
--> click OK.

Startup tab.

Good starting point.
 
Lee said this on 4/12/2009 10:27 PM:
Hi all

Where do I find a list of the programs that are called/installed at
startup?

L
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Locate a program called autoruns from MS. Its free and it shows you
all sorts of startup and run info. All of which you can turned off
with a checkbox, maybe shouldn't but you can.
 
Start button --> RUN --> type in:
msconfig
--> click OK.

Startup tab.
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MSCONFIG truly lists "programs" called at reboot: but WinXP
is also organised in terms of "services" which can be
turned on/off via / Control Panel or else
/ Start / Run / services.msi.
This list is even longer than that under MSCONFIG.
(Of course many are switched off.)
 
Hi all

Where do I find a list of the programs that are called/installed at startup?
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If you are looking to minimize that list, read the following:

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options 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 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.
 
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