re: Controlling what loads on Startup Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 7:07 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Deb (1434 messages posted) I agree with Ricer46 Start Run Type in msconfig Click on Startup tab Uncheck what you don't want, but don't uncheck your anti-virus, anti-spyware etc Click Apply Click Close Click restart When your PC restarts, put a checkmark in "Do not show this at Startup" (or something like that) and close the msconfig dialog box. On Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:20 am, Ricer46 wrote: >It is, but it also provides the information as to where to find everything that loads >at start-up. It also allows you to test what happens if you remove items from start-up >without actually deleting them. Why add a third party tool when you already have >tools that will do the job. CCleaner however does far more than that, and can be >overly aggressive in the hands of a novice. I would hesitate to recommend something >like that when the person inquiring clearly has so little knowledge about XP. > > > Written in response to: re: Controlling what loads on Startup (Ricer46: Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:20 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Controlling what loads on Startup (Savager: Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 12:28 am) re: Controlling what loads on Startup (Ricer46: Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 12:40 am) re: Controlling what loads on Startup (Peter: Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 11:42 am) re: Controlling what loads on Startup (Ricer46: Sat, Oct 18, 2008, 6:20 am) re: Controlling what loads on Startup (Deb: Sat, Oct 18, 2008, 7:07 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum