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re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, February 25, 2002 at 8:34 am
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Posted by LarryJ (540 messages posted)


No, not bad at all, except I'd probably wonder about the absence of antivirus software. The 'ATI' program you mention might not be necessary on startup.





On Monday, February 25, 2002 at 1:17 am, The Answerman wrote:
>START-PROGRAMS-ACCESSORIES-SYSTEM TOOLS-SYSTEM INFORMATION. Now comes the fun part
>:) Click on "TOOLS". Drop down to "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY" and click on it.
>Go over to the 6th tab (STARTUP) and click on it. You should now be looking at the
>entire list of programs that are capable of starting when Windows starts. Every computer
>is different, so as an example, here's what I left checked; ScanRegistry, SystemTray,
>LoadPowerProfile, and AtiKeyCwd32. That's it. When my computer starts, I have 95%
>of system resources available. Not bad for a dinosaur (300mhz Celeron w/256Megs of
>RAM). One last thing; when you're done checking and unchecking the boxes, your computer
>will want to restart. Let it.
>


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-'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (The Answerman: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 1:17 am)
*re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Colin: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 1:53 am)
*re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Julian: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 2:06 am)
*re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (LarryJ: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 8:34 am)
*re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (John Moss: Mon, Oct 13, 2003, 11:32 am)
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