How to stop programs from automatically starting.

[Guest]

How the heck do I stop programs from automatically
starting at startup when there is no option to do so
within the program itself (yahoo messenger, scan panel,
3dna, quicktime) i hardly ever use these programs and they
are slowing my comp down and annoying me to no end, but i
don't want to uninstall them. I have looked in the startup
folder in Documents and Settings and it is empty. Help!

 

[cp]

start...run...msconfig

 

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

Open Yahoo Messenger > File > Preferences > General. Uncheck "Automatically
start yahoo messenger"

Then, run msconfig.exe > startup tab. disable the items

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How the heck do I stop programs from automatically
starting at startup when there is no option to do so
within the program itself (yahoo messenger, scan panel,
3dna, quicktime) i hardly ever use these programs and they
are slowing my comp down and annoying me to no end, but i
don't want to uninstall them. I have looked in the startup
folder in Documents and Settings and it is empty. Help!

 

[lmb]

How the heck do I stop programs from automatically
starting at startup when there is no option to do so
within the program itself (yahoo messenger, scan panel,
3dna, quicktime) i hardly ever use these programs and they
are slowing my comp down and annoying me to no end, but i
don't want to uninstall them. I have looked in the startup
folder in Documents and Settings and it is empty. Help!

Download Startup Control Panel (FREEWARE)
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
It shows you every program that starts automatically with options to
disable/delete or enable again.
It's just a standalone exe file and works great!

 

[Paulão]

click "Run - Regedit" (be carefull when modifiyng register) and find the
key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run". in
this key delete the subkeys for the programs that you not wish to run (not
delete any key that you not knows what is), and reboot.

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Paulão