startup items listed in msconfig

[Nancy Giel]

I have unchecked a lot of startup items using msconfig on
my system, and there are a lot of programs which keep
coming back! I would like to delete these items as the
list keeps getting longer and longer - some entries like
AOL IM appear about 15 times on this list - I do not want
it to start up so keep running msconfig to uncheck it - I
have searched everywhere I can think of to find
information on deleting items from this list and can't
find anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You
Nancy

 

[Dan]

You can try and uninstall those programs. If you need
them and the msconfig option still doesn't work, go into
your registry (go to START->RUN and type 'regedit'). In
there, go to EDIT->FIND and do a search on RUN. One of
the folders named RUN or RUNSERVICES has the services that
start up. RUN- and RUNSERVICES- should be the ones that
you unchecked in MSCONFIG and should not run. Just copy
what you don't want to run from RUN to RUN- (or
RUNSERVICES to RUNSERVICES- ). Hope that helps.

 

[Dan]

Sorry, I gave you bad info. You can't copy or move stuff
in registry. You can, however, delete the items in RUN or
RUNSERVICES and retype them in RUN- or RUNSERVICES-.
Unchecking the services in MSCONFIG should stop them from
running so editing the registry is really unnecessary.