When I turn on my computer certain programs just auto start and I just want
to know if anyone knows how I can change it so they do not start up when my
computer is turned on
Thank!

"Booples5" <u36224@uwe> wrote in message news:75e9449469ea7@uwe...
> When I turn on my computer certain programs just auto start and I just
> want
> to know if anyone knows how I can change it so they do not start up when
> my
> computer is turned on
> Thank!
>

Click Start / Run / msconfig {OK}, then click the Startup
tab. Now remove the ticks from the programs that you do
not want to start.

Use msconfig (Start/run/msconfig) is the easiest/simplest way
or if you want to did deeper:
Try Autoruns from the MS Windows SysInternals site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx
This will show all apps/etc. that load/run when you first boot and
selectively allow you to stop any that you don't want.

Note: To get additional details on an item in the list you may need to
highlight the item (right click) and use the 'Search Online' option to get
the details, especially useful for the more obscure items in the list.

JS

"Booples5" <u36224@uwe> wrote in message news:75e9449469ea7@uwe...
> When I turn on my computer certain programs just auto start and I just
> want
> to know if anyone knows how I can change it so they do not start up when
> my
> computer is turned on
> Thank!
>

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:53:10 GMT, "Booples5" <u36224@uwe> wrote:

> When I turn on my computer certain programs just auto start and I just want
> to know if anyone knows how I can change it so they do not start up when my
> computer is turned on


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 get
more information about these at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it there,
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.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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