Stopping programs from startingon bootup

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Joe McGuire

When my notebook is running there are several programs that I can see
running in the systray. I use them only occasionally, such as InstallShield
Manager, QuickTime and eFax. If I need any of these I can always click and
start them up. Are there settings somewhere that will let me keep them from
starting automatically? thanks!
 
Joe McGuire said this on 1/26/2009 2:13 PM:
When my notebook is running there are several programs that I can see
running in the systray. I use them only occasionally, such as InstallShield
Manager, QuickTime and eFax. If I need any of these I can always click and
start them up. Are there settings somewhere that will let me keep them from
starting automatically? thanks!
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Try downloading autoruns. Its one of several pretty good startup tools.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
 
Greetings Joe,

You can also click on Start>Run> msconfig>startup, uncheck the ones you do
not want. One other thought is Windows Defender, it offers Software Explorer
which enables one to enable, disable or remove startup programs.

Good Luck!
WT
 
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