How do I get rid of those startup items

C

Chuck & Karen

How do I get rid of those pesky things in my startup...I went to system
utilities , startup,,,,and there are 10 items that I have finally got off my
computer but they are still in the startup...can I go into regedit and
delete those particular things that I know for sure is bad....
all of them are in location,,,,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
 
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Ramesh [MVP]

Hi Chuck & Karen,

The unchecked items in MSConfig are moved here:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]

The enabled ones might be present here:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

I'd suggest you get the utility called Autoruns from the great www.sysinternals.com site and clear the unwanted entries. The disabled items might not show there anyways. So, enable the items in MSCONFIG and then use the Autoruns utility.

(Warning: Don't delete Userinit.exe entry)

-or-

Here is a script which can clear-out the disabled entries in MSCONFIG.
Line 148: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

How do I get rid of those pesky things in my startup...I went to system
utilities , startup,,,,and there are 10 items that I have finally got off my
computer but they are still in the startup...can I go into regedit and
delete those particular things that I know for sure is bad....
all of them are in location,,,,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
 
R

Ronnie Vernon MVP

Chuck said:
How do I get rid of those pesky things in my startup...I went to
system utilities , startup,,,,and there are 10 items that I have
finally got off my computer but they are still in the startup...can I
go into regedit and delete those particular things that I know for
sure is bad....
all of them are in
location,,,,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Click to expand...

There is a safer way to do this than directly editing the registry. Go to
the following website and scroll down to Line 148, right side. Click the
"Clear disabled items from msconfig startup" link to download the vbs file.

Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Go to Start/Run and type msconfig and press OK. Click the Start Up tab
and remove the check mark from items you do not want. Close msconfig.

Double click the file you downloaded (msconfigdisabled.vbs) to delete these
items from the registry.


--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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J

Jeremy

go to start run then type in msconfig that will bring up
a utility that you can modify what starts up.
 

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