run on startup - snap in Group Policy

[Bliz]

Hi. There are several programs that run on startup on my XP home system
that I don't want to. I went into control panel, to classic view, taskbar
and start menu, start menu tab, classic start menu >> customize, advanced,
then click on programs folder, and startup to view programs in startup
folder. There is nothing in this folder.

I searched help and support and found directions for START> run, mmc, file>
add/remove snap-in, Add, Group Policy......... I got to the add standalone
snap in window but the group policy snap-in is not listed as available. I
am at a loss. What can I do to get real access to configure the programs
launched at startup, and secondly, is something wrong with my XP install? or
why is this group policy snap-in not available??

Many thanks in advance.
DH

 

[David Candy]

Because you bought Home. Configure your programs in your programs. MSConfig is a troubleshooting tool not a startup manager. Programs decide what they do not Windows. A lot of programs will just self repair.

 

[Bliz]

interesting. funny that this is how XP Home help and support said I should
make these changes. Oh well. I changed within programs all that I could.
I will just uninstall the other programs. Don't need them really anyway.

Thanks!
DH




Because you bought Home. Configure your programs in your programs. MSConfig
is a troubleshooting tool not a startup manager. Programs decide what they
do not Windows. A lot of programs will just self repair.

 

[The Unknown P]

Dave is right in one regard. You should configure programs
after you install them to "not" start at windows startup.
On the other hand you certainly can use msconfig along
with the regedit to clear programs from the startup.
go>start\run and type in msconfig then click ok. Now click
the startup tab and uncheck any program you don't want
starting when windows starts. Then go>run>regedit and
click the + signs beside the entries in this order.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SharedTools\StartupFo
lder and StartupReg. Click StartupFolder first and right
click on any program you don't want in the Startup folder
and click delete and do the same for StartupReg. Be
careful in the registry. When in doubt export the key to a
folder of your choice and then you can double click to
reinstall it if you made an error. The registry is the
heart of your OS so editing it should be done with
caution. On the other hand it isn't the big dark secret
that most MVPs make it out to be. Good luck.

 

[David Candy]

Don't need them really anyway
Now that's a smart answer. Type msconfig in Start Run, then run the parent program to see if it self repairs.