stopping applications from automatically launching on start-up

[Guest]

Hello,
Previously on Windows Me I could stop apps from launching using a function under accessories - system tools and then finding the app from there. There are around 40 apps running automatically from start-up taking up RAM and also putting themselves in the system tray. Now on Xp, how do I do stop these from launching?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Peter,

Start/run msconfig

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hello,
Previously on Windows Me I could stop apps from launching using a function

under accessories - system tools and then finding the app from there. There
are around 40 apps running automatically from start-up taking up RAM and
also putting themselves in the system tray. Now on Xp, how do I do stop
these from launching?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that. Now I've just got to figure out what I can safely 'knock-off' without compromising windows. I'll try to find stuff that doesn't need to be running, but it's tricky when they're all abreviated
Cheers again
Peter

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Nothing on the startup tab is essential to starting Windows. On the general
tab, you can use diagnostic mode to disable all non-essential startup loads.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Thanks for that. Now I've just got to figure out what I can safely

'knock-off' without compromising windows. I'll try to find stuff that
doesn't need to be running, but it's tricky when they're all abreviated.