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[Guest]

How do I remove programs in the taskbar that auto start when I first turn my
computer on. I have a IM program that starts and several other programs that
run during startup and stay at the bottom right portion of the screen.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Open those programs and look for a start setting - possibly under 'Options'.
Try disabling the startup there.

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

How do I remove programs in the taskbar that auto start when I first
turn my computer on. I have a IM program that starts and several
other programs that run during startup and stay at the bottom right
portion of the screen.

First, note that you should be concerned with *all* programs that start
automatically, not just with those that go into the tray. Not all
autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in the tray.

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.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
*which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost
in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information
about these at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.

 

[Guest]

saintsokwitit,
Remove Autostart Programs

Windows XP comes with the System Configurationtool (Msconfig.exe), an
excellent way to manage the startup process. To start it:

1.Click Start, click Run, type Msconfig, and then press Enter.

2.On the Startup tab, you'll see a list of all the programs and processes
that are set to run when Windows XP loads.

3.Speed up your overall start time by clearing the check box next to any
item you think you don't need.

4.Click Apply, and then restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Hope this helps!!

 

[Guest]

www.winpatrol.com download free version brill little program will tell you
all you need to know about programs that load on startup and you can disable
the ones you do not need.

 

[Rock]

How do I remove programs in the taskbar that auto start when I first turn my
computer on. I have a IM program that starts and several other programs that
run during startup and stay at the bottom right portion of the screen.

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.

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

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