removing programs from startup group

[Rebecca Coffey]

My Windows 2000 computer takes forever to startup and I
believe that it's because so many programs were
automatically added to the startup group when they were
installed.

How do I eliminate them from the startup group? I'm not
just interested in removing their shortcuts from the
menu. I want them out of the startup group entirely.

Thanks,

Rebecca Coffey

 

[aaron]

Try going into the individual programs options and uncheck load at
startup......or down load msconfig for w2k and place it in the
%systemroot%\system32 folder. run msconfig and de-select the programs from
startup.
hth,
aaron

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

In most cases, one need only open the offending program and
deselect the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start
when Windows starts."

To view the list of your start up programs, look in the
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up
folders, and in the system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. These can
also be viewed, if I remember correctly, by right-clicking My
Computer, selecting "Manage" and expanding System Tools-- System
Information -- Software Environment -- Startup Programs. To prevent
any of them from starting at login, you'll have to delete shortcuts
from the startup folder(s) and/or edit the registry. I should point
out that, in order to make such system modifications requires one to
have administrative privileges to the machine in question. I should
also point out that one should not even consider editing the registry
unless he is fully confident that he knows exactly what is going to
happen as a result of each and every change.


Bruce Chambers

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