Windows Xp Start Up Programs

[Jake]

I frequently use Abode Photshop CS2 to edit photos. I was wondering if
there was a way to some how give me the option at start up to log into
windows with no start up programs so my system resources arent tied up. I
know msconfig could help me here but how can I make say a specific account
not load up start up programs. I run Xp Pro.



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[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hello Jake,

You can create a separate account and log into the account, fire up the registry editor (Start/Run
REGEDIT) and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

and remove the desired startup entries. This will affect the programs loading up only when logging
into this specific account.

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[R. McCarty]

How much Physical RAM is in your PC ? While a trimming of Startups &
Watchdogs might help, PS is a resource intensive application. In general
any multimedia editing will "Push" the PC fairly hard. DDR RAM is pretty
cheap, so an upgrade to 512+ would help. If your PC is older and uses
SDRAM then that's going to be expensive. In that case you might want to
try and lower the quiescent memory footprint. When you boot, use Task
Manager, Performance (TAB) to see the PF (Pagefile) meter. If the count
exceeds your Physical RAM then your PC is already making extensive use
of the Pagefile and more Physical RAM is needed. Usually, with Security
software (no FAST User Switching), the PF meter should run around 225
up to 300.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

I know msconfig could help me here but how can I make say a specific
account not load up start up programs. I run Xp Pro.

Just a WAG: sign onto that account and uncheck the options in msconfig
that you don't want to run.

When you don't want that program to run, logon to the account.

DUH!

 

[Bob I]

I think perhaps you are confusing Windows XP with that other operating
system you were using.