Does anyone know how to stop programs from auto starting when turning on PC

[Guest Booples5]

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!

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Does anyone know how to stop programs from auto starting when turning on PC

 

 

"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.

[Guest JS]

Re: Does anyone know how to stop programs from auto starting when turning on PC

 

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/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/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.

 

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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!

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Does anyone know how to stop programs from auto starting when turning on PC

 

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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