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Anonymous   07-14-2005 at 05:56:11 PM

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How do I remove programs that start up automately on my taskbar? When I go
to msconfig. I see a lot of stuff that I don't know if it is needed or not.

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Anonymous   07-14-2005 at 06:07:27 PM
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Research the process name using Google and you should be able to see if
it is vital.
There are many programs that run at startup that can be disable using
msconfig. Some expamples: Windows Messenger, various media players,
printer monitoring programs (HP has some notorious processor hogs),
etc...
Just use good judgement and know exactly what it is before you disable
it.

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Anonymous   07-14-2005 at 08:39:07 PM
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In news:E9B2D3EB-14BF-4979-ADD6-4BAFC4110058@microsoft.com,
Onaquest <Onaquest@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> How do I remove programs that start up automately on my
> taskbar?
> When I go to msconfig. I see a lot of stuff that I don't know
> if it
> is needed or not.


First of all, your concern should be with *all* of the programs
which start up automatically, not with those that start up on
your task bar. Not all autostarting programs manifest themselves
by an icon on the task bar or system tray.
On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you
actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show
icon" option). 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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kelly   07-15-2005 at 06:22:47 AM
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Check for an option to not having the icon load in the System Tray via the
program(s) in question.

Other options for removal:

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig. Go to the Startup Tab and uncheck
accordingly. Then run this script to remove the disabled items from the
registry.

Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup and Selective Startup (Line 148)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or...remove the runkeys from here: Start/Run/Regedit

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

Troubleshooting, Removing and/or Cleaning Add or Remove Programs
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#addremove

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com



"Onaquest" <Onaquest@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E9B2D3EB-14BF-4979-ADD6-4BAFC4110058@microsoft.com...
> How do I remove programs that start up automately on my taskbar? When I
> go
> to msconfig. I see a lot of stuff that I don't know if it is needed or
> not.

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