joker said:
Too many programmes open automatically when i start windows.Like
Quicktime
etc.How do i disable these so i can open them manually when i actually
need
them?
If you don't like qttask loading on startup, maybe you should be using
QuickTime. Unless you pay for it, QT will periodically shove a banner
in your face prodding you to buy their commercial version. The free
player isn't free. It's bannerware (i.e., adware but for a single
seller). Maybe you should look into uninstalling QuickTime and getting
Quicktime Alternative
(
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm).
msconfig.exe will let you disable some of the startup items. It does
this by moving those entries under the Run registry key to under a
placeholder registry key (so when you reenable them then they can be
retrieved from the placeholder). msconfig does not show all possible
places that load startup items. Rather than use msconfig to hide
services, use the services.msc applet to decide which NT services can be
set to Manual or Disabled.
Mike Lin's startup control panel (mlin.net) is okay but doesn't list all
possible startup items.
SysInternals' AutoRuns shows almost all startup items but may be out of
your league to understand them all but shouldn't stop you from managing
those that you do understand. Microsoft bought SysInternals
(
http://www.sysinternals.com still works but redirects to Microsoft's
site).
Have you even bothered to go into all these startup programs to see if
they include an option to load on startup so you could deselect it?
Some startup items are inocuous. They load but then unload. They check
for setup or do a bit of reconfiguration and then unload, so they are
not continuously running. For example, nerocheck is added by Nero but
doesn't stay loaded if it doesn't find any drivers that conflict with
Nero. Adobe's Speed Launch only runs to get the prefetch cache updated
and then it exits. So just because it is listed as a startup item, that
is all that can be said about it. Being a startup item doesn't mean it
actually runs for more than a few seconds. You need to check the
processes listed in Task Manager to see what stayed loaded.
There are some nasty programs that will check if their startup item is
missing when you run their program. That is, you could delete their
startup item but it will reappear if you ever run that program later.
This rudeware borders on mild malware since it violates your intent
regarding the configuration of YOUR host. I don't bother with rudeware
as there has always been a more behaved alternative.
