delete start up programs

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Hi JR

Firstly have a look in the relevant program to see if there is a setting to
stop the startup. Then try the option via msconfig>start-up. Uncheck any
programs in there that you don't want starting up with Windows and then
reboot your system.

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"Rod Ayers" <rodayers@att.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a basic problem with many programs running at start up, how do I
> stop the ones I don't want to run automatically?
>
> JR

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Hi

There are several programs that put themselves into the startup routine
without notifying the user - very annoying sometimes!!

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"Rod Ayers" <rodayers@att.net> wrote in message
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> thanks very much, that's what I was looking to do! I had several programs
> booting that slowed the system down.
>
> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u$5mmNQgFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi JR
>>
>> Firstly have a look in the relevant program to see if there is a setting
>> to stop the startup. Then try the option via msconfig>start-up. Uncheck
>> any programs in there that you don't want starting up with Windows and
>> then reboot your system.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>> "Rod Ayers" <rodayers@att.net> wrote in message
>> newsJ2kEFQgFHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>> I have a basic problem with many programs running at start up, how do I
>>> stop the ones I don't want to run automatically?
>>>
>>> JR
>>
>>
>
>

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Rod Ayers wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a basic problem with many programs running at start up, how do I stop
> the ones I don't want to run automatically?
>
> JR

First step should be to check in the options for the program you don't
want to start and see if there is a setting to tell it not to run at
startup. The next step is to remove any entries you don't want from the
two startup folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For anything else uncheck their entries in the startup tab of msconfig:
Start | Run | Msconfig | Ok

Another option is to remove the reference to them from one of these keys
in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Make sure you have a backup of the registry using a program like ERUNT
before making any changes to the registry.

http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t- [...] /erunt.txt


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