Programs that run upon startup are usually located in:
The "Startup" folder
- click [Start]
- Programs
- Startup
- right-click on the item to remove
- click Delete
-or-
The "Run" key in the registry
- click [Start]
- click Run
- type Regedit.exe
- press [Enter]
- goto HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- select the program/file to stop from running at startup
- click Edit
- click Delete
This group is for Windows 2000, but if you're running XP, you'll have
MSConfig. Start > Run > type "msconfig" > OK > Startup tab.
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