re: Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 6:07 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mojo7819
(5744 messages posted)
This advice is given in this forum every day.
On Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 5:21 am, Csswo wrote:
>This is what works for me (I do this all the time) & it's easy:
>In the _Run_ command type "msconfig". This will show what programs Windows currently
>starts when the computer is starting. There is a list with boxes checked. Simply
>uncheck the ones you don't want to run at start up. I usually uncheck as many as
>I can, and then restart the computer. If it doesn't act right, I turn programs
back
>on until it does act right. Any icons that automatically show up on the task bar
>can slow the system down.
>
>When installing new programs, often there is a promt that wants to 'run at start
>up' or some similar phrase. In the future just uncheck the box or choose NO.
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