Free up memory

[Guest]

hi all,
is there a way i can stop certain programs that i dont use so often from
loading into the memory on start up, i dont want to uninstall just free up
some memory.
regards
lee

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes. launch MSCONFIG /ALL from:

Start, Run

The startup programs are all listed in the startup tab

hth

 

[Rock]

hi all,
is there a way i can stop certain programs that i dont use so often from
loading into the memory on start up, i dont want to uninstall just free up
some memory.
regards
lee

First step should be to check in the options for the program you don't
want to start and see if there is a setting to tell it not to run at
startup. The next step is to remove any entries you don't want from the
two startup folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For anything else uncheck their entries in the startup tab of msconfig:
Start | Run | Msconfig | Ok


Another option is to remove the reference to them from one of these keys
in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Make sure you have a backup of the registry using a program like ERUNT
before making any changes to the registry.

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

is there a way i can stop certain programs that i dont use so often
from loading into the memory on start up, i dont want to uninstall
just free up some memory.

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to
see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the
option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the
Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't
want to start automatically.

 

[Plato]

is there a way i can stop certain programs that i dont use so often from
loading into the memory on start up, i dont want to uninstall just free up
some memory.

Yes. Run the apps. Look for the config/settings tab. Tell the apps NOT
to run on startup.