How to stop startup programs

[yoyo]

Is there another way (BESIDES msconfig) for managing
certain programs to NOT start when I log in for the first
time in Windows 2000?

The programs I want to stop, I can't (my bad luck) through
the very programs themselves (for example, Quicktime's
(version 5) qttask.exe taskbar icon, which is a memory hog
that I can't "uncheck" in its preferences).

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Is there another way (BESIDES msconfig) for managing
certain programs to NOT start when I log in for the first
time in Windows 2000?

The programs I want to stop, I can't (my bad luck) through
the very programs themselves (for example, Quicktime's
(version 5) qttask.exe taskbar icon, which is a memory hog
that I can't "uncheck" in its preferences).

Programs run at startup time in various ways, each of which
can be controlled manually:
- As a service: Put the startup mode to "manual", then start
the service with a "net start" command.
- As a scheduled task: Don't schedule it.
- In one of the "Startup" folders: Remove the item from that folder.
- Via the RUN key in the registry: remove it from the registry.
- By the logon script: manage your logon script.
- As a policy script (visible in gpedit.msc): manage your policy script.

 

[Simon]

Is there another way (BESIDES msconfig) for managing
certain programs to NOT start when I log in for the first
time in Windows 2000?

The programs I want to stop, I can't (my bad luck) through
the very programs themselves (for example, Quicktime's
(version 5) qttask.exe taskbar icon, which is a memory hog
that I can't "uncheck" in its preferences).

You should get autoruns from sysinternals (www.sysinternals.com) which
shows you all the startup programs it's free and check the site, it's
full of great free utilities !

Simon