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'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
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'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, February 25, 2002 at 1:17 am
Posted by The Answerman
(1 messages posted)
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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re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, February 25, 2002 at 1:53 am
Posted by Colin
(190 messages posted)
That's great, but why spend half an hour navigating the start-menu, when you can
just go Start ---> Run ---> and type in "msconfig".
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re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, February 25, 2002 at 2:06 am
Posted by Julian
(1 messages posted)
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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re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, February 25, 2002 at 8:34 am
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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re: 'How to stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, October 13, 2003 at 11:32 am
Posted by John Moss
(1 messages posted)
I am replying to your thread because I was having trouble defragging and checking
for errors on my computer. An error message would come up saying that something was
“running in the background”. I did the three finger “Boogie” cont., Alt., Delete
and removed everything except systray and explorer, but there was still something
running.
After reading your advice, I followed your instructions and “Bingo” Defrag and error
check worked fine.
A BIG THANK YOU! I have been trying to resolve this problem for weeks..
John Moss
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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