Starting Up Computer (Programs that load automatically)

Good Morning all,

I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs that
automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too many
programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.

How do I do it ? Please help.....

Regards,

Caroline x

--
Don''t Worry, Be Happy !!!

"Cazzythom" <cazzythom@hotmail.com> wrote
> Good Morning all,
>
> I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs that
> automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too many
> programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.
>
> How do I do it ? Please help.....

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\Curr entVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\RunOnce

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

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-on...runt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm


--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

--
Don''t Worry, Be Happy !!!


"Youka" wrote:

> Are you maybe referring to MSCONFIG?
> If yes, Start/Run/Type msconfig/Click OK/Click Startup Tab
>
> Hi Youka

Yes that has helped, thankyou so much.... I will keep a note of this now...

Cheers Caroline x

Cazzythom wrote:

> Good Morning all,
>
> I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs
> that automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too
> many programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.



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 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

Glad to be of help.

FYI: If you have a question about any startup item in your list --and
whether or not you should/should not eliminate it at Startup time -- then
http://www.sysinfo.org/ is a good resource.

Simply plug in the name of the Startup Item (e.g., qttask) and you can check
to see if it is required, recommended, not needed, etc.

--
Don''t Worry, Be Happy !!!


"Youka" wrote:

> Glad to be of help.
>
> FYI: If you have a question about any startup item in your list --and
> whether or not you should/should not eliminate it at Startup time -- then
> http://www.sysinfo.org/ is a good resource.
>
> Simply plug in the name of the Startup Item (e.g., qttask) and you can check
> to see if it is required, recommended, not needed, etc.
>



Cheers Youka...I`ll do that tomorrow as theres quite a few things I dont
reconise im the start up programs I`ve noticed !!

Caz x
>

Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going staright to hotmail when
I switch it on.

Thanks.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Cazzythom wrote:
>
> > Good Morning all,
> >
> > I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs
> > that automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too
> > many programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.
>
>
>
> 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 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
>
>
>

Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going straight to a hotmail
email address and live messenger upon starting the computer. I don't know
where to look to change this. I would be really grateful for an answer.

Thanks.

"TJJ55" wrote:

> Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going staright to hotmail when
> I switch it on.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > Cazzythom wrote:
> >
> > > Good Morning all,
> > >
> > > I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs
> > > that automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too
> > > many programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 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
> >
> >
> >

Try, Start, Programs, Startup, and delete the shortcuts there.

TJJ55 wrote:

> Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going straight to a hotmail
> email address and live messenger upon starting the computer. I don't know
> where to look to change this. I would be really grateful for an answer.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "TJJ55" wrote:
>
>
>>Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going staright to hotmail when
>>I switch it on.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Cazzythom wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Good Morning all,
>>>>
>>>>I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs
>>>>that automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too
>>>>many programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>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 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
>>>
>>>
>>>

I had already looked there but Hotmail or MSN are not showing there.


"Bob I" wrote:

> Try, Start, Programs, Startup, and delete the shortcuts there.
>
> TJJ55 wrote:
>
> > Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going straight to a hotmail
> > email address and live messenger upon starting the computer. I don't know
> > where to look to change this. I would be really grateful for an answer.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "TJJ55" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Please can you tell me how to stop my computer going staright to hotmail when
> >>I switch it on.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Cazzythom wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Good Morning all,
> >>>>
> >>>>I have forgotten what you do when you want to organise the programs
> >>>>that automatically load up when you start your computer. I`ve got too
> >>>>many programs starting up and I want to stop them loading themselves.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>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 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>