Removal of Start Up Programs

[Guest]

How do I turn off unnecessary programs that start up whenI turn the unit on?
Quicktime, Adobe Photo Downloader, etc, are running in the background and
aren't necessary. Thanks, Rick

 

[philo]

How do I turn off unnecessary programs that start up whenI turn the unit on?
Quicktime, Adobe Photo Downloader, etc, are running in the background and
aren't necessary. Thanks, Rick

delete them from your startup folder or run msconfig and uncheck them (in
the startup tab)

 

[Malke]

How do I turn off unnecessary programs that start up whenI turn the unit on?
Quicktime, Adobe Photo Downloader, etc, are running in the background and
aren't necessary. Thanks, Rick

The first place to start is always from within the program itself.
Quicktime has preferences for instance. Then if there is no way to
change startup options from within the program, use the System
Configuration Utility:

Start>Run>msconfig [enter]

This brings up the System Configuration Utility. Look on the Startup tab
and find the probable culprit. Uncheck the box next to its name, Apply
and OK out. You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you
do you'll get a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Just tick the box
that says in effect, "don't bother me about this again".

Important - Do not use the System Configuration Utility to stop
processes. Instead, use Start>Run>services.msc [enter]

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560


Malke

 

[Rock]

How do I turn off unnecessary programs that start up whenI turn the unit
on?
Quicktime, Adobe Photo Downloader, etc, are running in the background and
aren't necessary. Thanks, Rick

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

 

[WaIIy]

How do I turn off unnecessary programs that start up whenI turn the unit on?
Quicktime, Adobe Photo Downloader, etc, are running in the background and
aren't necessary. Thanks, Rick

Go get this.

One of the best programs ever made and it's tiny.

After you install it, it will put an icon in Control Panel.

The program is self-explanatory after you open it up.

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

It's free

 

[Bruce Chambers]

How do I turn off unnecessary programs that start up whenI turn the unit on?
Quicktime, Adobe Photo Downloader, etc, are running in the background and
aren't necessary. Thanks, Rick

In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as
simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to
"display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts."

Additionally, Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start
Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the system registry, primarily in
the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560


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[baynole]

Go get this.

One of the best programs ever made and it's tiny.

After you install it, it will put an icon in Control Panel.

The program is self-explanatory after you open it up.

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

It's free

I use this. it warns when things are trying to install in the tray but
doesn't replace msconfig. What I use for this is:

http://www.download.com/Quick-Startup/3000-2086_4-10721684.html?tag=lst-0-1

It is so simple even I can use it!!