Hi
How do I block a program from starting up at start up, without using
msconfig?
Thanks for any help you can give.

donj

"Donj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
> How do I block a program from starting up at start up, without using
> msconfig?
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>


Delete whatever causes it to start up, or is that stating the obvious ?

PS What is your objection to msconfig. A politically incorrect prejudice of
some sort ??


--
Jon

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:21:52 -0600, "Donj" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Hi
> How do I block a program from starting up at start up, without using
> msconfig?
> Thanks for any help you can give.


Why don't you want to use MSCONFIG. There are other programs that do
the same thing, but MSCONFIG works just fine.

Here's my standard message on the subject:

First, note that you should be concerned with *all* programs that
start automatically, not just with those that go into the system tray.
Not all autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in the
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 try
internet 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 Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Hi I don't have anything against using msconfig, in fact that is where I now
have it blocked. I just rememmber a while back reading these news groups
MVP's were very much against using msconfig, stating it wasn't meant to be
used in that manner and to stay out of it. I can't remember what the reason
was and that is why I asked.
Thank You for answering in a timely manner.

Donj


"Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:21:52 -0600, "Donj" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> How do I block a program from starting up at start up, without using
>> msconfig?
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>
> Why don't you want to use MSCONFIG. There are other programs that do
> the same thing, but MSCONFIG works just fine.
>
> Here's my standard message on the subject:
>
> First, note that you should be concerned with *all* programs that
> start automatically, not just with those that go into the system tray.
> Not all autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in the
> 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 try
> internet 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 Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Donj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi I don't have anything against using msconfig, in fact that is where I
> now have it blocked. I just rememmber a while back reading these news
> groups MVP's were very much against using msconfig, stating it wasn't
> meant to be used in that manner and to stay out of it. I can't remember
> what the reason was and that is why I asked.
> Thank You for answering in a timely manner.
>
> Donj
>




So much for putting your faith in the misguided opinions of MVPs ....

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Jon

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Donj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi I don't have anything against using msconfig, in fact that is where I
>> now have it blocked. I just rememmber a while back reading these news
>> groups MVP's were very much against using msconfig, stating it wasn't
>> meant to be used in that manner and to stay out of it. I can't remember
>> what the reason was and that is why I asked.
>> Thank You for answering in a timely manner.
>>
>> Donj
>>
>
>
>
>
> So much for putting your faith in the misguided opinions of MVPs ....

Ya know, Jon, that statement is beyond idiotic. Did you ever stop to think
that maybe, just maybe, the MVP's can sense a posters skill level and won't
take them down a road of disaster?

Didn't think so!

Me, otoh, would take a moron like you for a trip into the registry and leave
you for dead. Next time think before you type.
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

> Ya know, Jon, that statement is beyond idiotic. Did you ever stop to
> think that maybe, just maybe, the MVP's can sense a posters skill level
> and won't take them down a road of disaster?
>
> Didn't think so!
>
> Me, otoh, would take a moron like you for a trip into the registry and
> leave you for dead. Next time think before you type.
> --


No I don't believe the MVPs can sense the poster's skill level. Principally
because they are in denial about their own skill level .....

I am a moron who has more qualifications than you can even conceive of
(fact) .....

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Jon

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Ya know, Jon, that statement is beyond idiotic. Did you ever stop to
>> think that maybe, just maybe, the MVP's can sense a posters skill level
>> and won't take them down a road of disaster?
>>
>> Didn't think so!
>>
>> Me, otoh, would take a moron like you for a trip into the registry and
>> leave you for dead. Next time think before you type.
>> --
>
>
> No I don't believe the MVPs can sense the poster's skill level.
> Principally because they are in denial about their own skill level .....
>
> I am a moron who has more qualifications than you can even conceive of
> (fact) .....
>

Now I'm scared. Then again, why should I worry about someone who's highly
qualified to be a moron?
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

>
> Now I'm scared. Then again, why should I worry about someone who's highly
> qualified to be a moron?


Look in the mirror. It should answer your question ...

--
Jon

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Ya know, Jon, that statement is beyond idiotic. Did you ever stop to
>> think that maybe, just maybe, the MVP's can sense a posters skill level
>> and won't take them down a road of disaster?
>>
>> Didn't think so!
>>
>> Me, otoh, would take a moron like you for a trip into the registry and
>> leave you for dead. Next time think before you type.
>> --
>
>
> No I don't believe the MVPs can sense the poster's skill level.
> Principally because they are in denial about their own skill level .....
>
> I am a moron who has more qualifications than you can even conceive of
> (fact) .....
>

Now I'm scared. Then again, why should I worry about someone who's highly
qualified to be a moron?
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."