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Dick Adams
There are too many programs getting started whenver I reboot.
How can I prevent them from starting before I need them?
Dick
How can I prevent them from starting before I need them?
Dick
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Patrick Keenan
Dick Adams said:
Take them out of the startup groups. Have a look at msconfig to see what's
loading and where the loader references are.
Some tasks are hard to disable. Quicktime, for example, can be hard to
keep out of the startup group as it tends to put itself back there, so you
may need to do a little research based on what is actually loading.
HTH
-pk
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occam
Dick said:
There are a number of apps which give you a more user friendly access
(to disable or remove) programs from the auto-startup menu.
- MS approved 'Process explorer' is one (I have not used it for a while)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
My preferred tool is one of the functions of CCleaner
download here: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds
(CCleaner also cleans up temporary files, etc - but the function you
want is under 'Tools' > 'Startup' - where you have the option of either
'disabling' or 'deleting' a startup progam. Always better to 'disable'
first to see if anything crucial stops working.)
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Ken Blake, MVP
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 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.
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Dick Adams
occam said:
Thank you very much. And it was freeware.
My favorite four-letter words are Love, Free, and Sex.
I disabled several including all the AOL stuff and he difference
was immediately noticeable.
Here are a few on the Startup list that puzzle me.
Any idea what they are
Disabled:
BCMSMMSG .... root directory
dagent ......
Left enabled:
DwlClient ... a DELL program
UpdReg ...... C:\Windows directory
Dick
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occam
Dick said:
Er... Dick, 'Sex' is a three-letter word
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Olórin
Dick Adams said:
Did you follow Ken's advice:-
"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 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"?
If you'd Googled these terms you'd have instantly found the below answers.
If you didn't do that, on what criteria did you decide to disable some but
not others?
"BCM voicemodem driver"
"PatchLink Discovery Agent"
"Download manager for Dell support alerts"
"a process from Creative Technology Ltd used to remind users to register
their Creative Labs products"