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Anonymous   03-09-2001 at 12:38:16 AM

You know how,when you install new programs they like to put shortcuts and icons in your taskbar and on the desktop and they also feel like they have a "right" to automatically run in the background? How can I remove all of that stuff so that I don't have to use CTR-ALT-DEL to disable them and therefore dedicate all of my system resources to only those programs that I want to use? Is there some type of trick in Win98se that will do this? Thanks for the advice,luces.

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Arrow   03-09-2001 at 12:44:17 AM
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There are two locations which specify startup items.
1) Start Menu->Programs->Startup/ You can drag and drop and delete things from this folder at will.
2) Registry. To control the startup items here, go to Start Menu->Run. Type in "msconfig" (without quotes). Go to the Startup tab and do your selections there.

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Anonymous   03-09-2001 at 05:05:22 AM
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Excellent! Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that option even existed. Luces

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Spdy_Gonzales   03-09-2001 at 04:00:01 PM
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You can also use "msconfig" from the Run window. On the start up folder tab you can unselect those programs you don't want to run at startup.

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Arrow   03-09-2001 at 04:51:58 PM
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Um... I think I mentioned it :)

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ZaNtHeR   03-09-2001 at 08:26:34 PM
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Click start/run/type msconfig/click OK/place check in selective startup/take checks out of Process config.sys & Process Auto exec.bat/ take check out of Load startup group items/ Click on startup tab/ Place check in scanregistry and systray/ click apply and OK/restart the computer...

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