Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 5:21 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Csswo (2 messages posted) 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. Responses to this message: re: Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (mojo7819: Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 6:07 am) re: Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (london_dog: Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 6:11 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Csswo: Thu, Feb 12, 2004, 5:21 am) re: Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (mojo7819: Thu, Feb 12, 2004, 6:07 am) re: Reply to 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (london_dog: Thu, Feb 12, 2004, 6:11 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