Somehow AOL starts up when the computer is booted up.
Back in the days of Win 3X there was a screen which
listed the programs which would autostart at boot up, or
we could go into the config.sys or autoexec.bat and add
or remove programs.

Now with Win XP I find that most of the user options have
been taken away. Choosing which programs start
automaticly when the computer is turned on seems to be
out of my control.

I uninstalled the version which was autostarting and the
system simply found an other version to autostart.

Does anyone know if there is a way to remove a program
from autostart.

Hi Mike,

Start/Run/Msconfig/Startup

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

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"Mike Sumner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:16eb901c44855$bc97edf0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Somehow AOL starts up when the computer is booted up.
> Back in the days of Win 3X there was a screen which
> listed the programs which would autostart at boot up, or
> we could go into the config.sys or autoexec.bat and add
> or remove programs.
>
> Now with Win XP I find that most of the user options have
> been taken away. Choosing which programs start
> automaticly when the computer is turned on seems to be
> out of my control.
>
> I uninstalled the version which was autostarting and the
> system simply found an other version to autostart.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to remove a program
> from autostart.

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:57:34 -0700, Mike Sumner wrote:

> Somehow AOL starts up when the computer is booted up.
> Back in the days of Win 3X there was a screen which
> listed the programs which would autostart at boot up, or
> we could go into the config.sys or autoexec.bat and add
> or remove programs.
>
> Now with Win XP I find that most of the user options have
> been taken away. Choosing which programs start
> automaticly when the computer is turned on seems to be
> out of my control.
>
> I uninstalled the version which was autostarting and the
> system simply found an other version to autostart.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to remove a program
> from autostart.

Right click the aol tray item and select AutoStart Options. You can select
"never autostart" here.

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MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User