Startup programs

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Mark J.

I cant locate the page to turn on/off the startup
programs, as on '98 and other versions. I want to turn
some programs off that are running in the background,but I
assume if I just turn them off on the bottom right, they
will still boot next time startup occurs. I have located
the list of startup, but no place to select/de-select.

Any help?
 
Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.
 
Or download and install Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, which is a
freeware GUI interface to all of these.

See <http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml>.

- Pat

Dave Patrick said:
Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.


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Mark J. said:
I cant locate the page to turn on/off the startup
programs, as on '98 and other versions. I want to turn
some programs off that are running in the background,but I
assume if I just turn them off on the bottom right, they
will still boot next time startup occurs. I have located
the list of startup, but no place to select/de-select.

Any help?
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Greetings --

In most cases, one need only open the offending program and
deselect the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start
when Windows starts."

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.


Bruce Chambers

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Mark J. wrote / skrev:
I cant locate the page to turn on/off the startup
programs, as on '98 and other versions. I want to turn
some programs off that are running in the background,but I
assume if I just turn them off on the bottom right, they
will still boot next time startup occurs. I have located
the list of startup, but no place to select/de-select.

Any help?
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I quite like the autoruns program for determining exactly what is run.
Then as others have said you need to change each setting.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml

- Veronica Loell
 
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