Removing a program from "startup"

[Carol]

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I know this is possible, because I saw a tech guy do it
very quickly on my computer when I was having other
problems. But I cannot discover how to do it myself.
Help, please? Carol

 

[Guest]

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Go to Start > Programs > Startup. Look at what programs are in the Startup
folder and delete the shortcuts that you do not want. Since they are
shortcuts, you can always add them in the future if needed.

"Carol" wrote:

> I know this is possible, because I saw a tech guy do it
> very quickly on my computer when I was having other
> problems. But I cannot discover how to do it myself.
> Help, please? Carol
>

 

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"Carol" <cafy@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:147401c50d35$4d7099e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...

>I know this is possible, because I saw a tech guy do it
> very quickly on my computer when I was having other
> problems. But I cannot discover how to do it myself.
> Help, please? Carol


On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
programs you don't want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
time. You can get more information about these with at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
to get rid of.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[Carol]

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to "Ken Blake" and "jhomby": thanks for your advice and warning. The
program was a "dialup accelerator" I installed with my former ISP, so I knew
it was not dangerous to remove. I was able to uninstall it, thanks to you
both! Carol

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> "Carol" <cafy@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:147401c50d35$4d7099e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >I know this is possible, because I saw a tech guy do it
> > very quickly on my computer when I was having other
> > problems. But I cannot discover how to do it myself.
> > Help, please? Carol
>
>
> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>
> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
> performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.
>
> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
> time. You can get more information about these with at
> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.
>
> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
> to get rid of.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

 

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In news:9CAC1E99-EEF8-4714-A0A1-6EFB91667255@microsoft.com,
Carol <Carol@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> to "Ken Blake" and "jhomby": thanks for your advice and
> warning. The


You're welcome. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> program was a "dialup accelerator" I installed with my former
> ISP, so
> I knew it was not dangerous to remove. I was able to uninstall
> it,
> thanks to you both! Carol
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> "Carol" <cafy@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:147401c50d35$4d7099e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>> I know this is possible, because I saw a tech guy do it
>>> very quickly on my computer when I was having other
>>> problems. But I cannot discover how to do it myself.
>>> Help, please? Carol
>>
>>
>> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check
>> its
>> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can
>> easily
>> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run
>> MSCONFIG
>> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
>> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>>
>> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the
>> purpose
>> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
>> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
>> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
>> performance severely, but others have no effect on
>> performance.
>>
>> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
>> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is
>> to
>> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all
>> the
>> time. You can get more information about these with at
>> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
>> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.
>>
>> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
>> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you
>> want
>> to get rid of.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup