Vague Question About Start-Up

[Tony Cooper]

I don't know how to phrase this question or I'd Google up my answer.
In past systems, when new programs are installed they often place
themselves in the start-up sequence and automatically do something.
(I said I was going to be vague) There used to be a way to tell the
system what programs were to be automatically put in the (what I want
to call) the start-up tray and stop other programs from being there.
The idea was the system would run faster if there wasn't a bunch of
junk automatically working.

I want my virus program to be there, but not much else. Is this
possible in XP? Recommended? Does what I asked make any sense?

 

[Jake]

-----Original Message-----
I don't know how to phrase this question or I'd Google up my answer.
In past systems, when new programs are installed they often place
themselves in the start-up sequence and automatically do something.
(I said I was going to be vague) There used to be a way to tell the
system what programs were to be automatically put in the (what I want
to call) the start-up tray and stop other programs from being there.
The idea was the system would run faster if there wasn't a bunch of
junk automatically working.

I want my virus program to be there, but not much else. Is this
possible in XP? Recommended? Does what I asked make any sense?

.
Yes Tony, in a round-about-way, you made sense. Do this:

Start/Run/type MSCONFIG and click OK/click Startup
tab/now uncheck/disable everything except your anti-virus
program, if Norton, it will start with NAV then click
Apply/OK and reboot. Now you have a "lean, mean machine".

 

[mame]

There's a free program called Winpatrol http://www.winpatrol.com that will allow you to quickly disable or delete items from startup without going through msconfig. It also lets you selectively delete cookies and look up domain info.
Anne

| I don't know how to phrase this question or I'd Google up my answer.
| In past systems, when new programs are installed they often place
| themselves in the start-up sequence and automatically do something.
| (I said I was going to be vague) There used to be a way to tell the
| system what programs were to be automatically put in the (what I want
| to call) the start-up tray and stop other programs from being there.
| The idea was the system would run faster if there wasn't a bunch of
| junk automatically working.
|
| I want my virus program to be there, but not much else. Is this
| possible in XP? Recommended? Does what I asked make any sense?
|

 

[Tony Cooper]

Greetings --

That was the most specific "vague" post I can recall seeing. ;-}
You're quite understandable.

In most cases, one need only open the offending program and
deselect the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start
when Windows starts."

Failing that, you can use Start > Run > MSConfig to temporarily
turn off the automatic startup of these programs. MSConfig will also
show you where the commands starting these programs are originating,
so that you can permanently eliminate the source of your irritations.
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


Bruce Chambers

Thank you. Before I do this, what *should* be there? Anything except
Norton? What is the advantage/effect of a program being in automatic
start-up?

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Thank you. Before I do this, what *should* be there?

Whatever you find useful to be there. Outside of things like a
virus checker and firewall, which just about everyone should run,
almost everything else is discretionary.

Anything except
Norton? What is the advantage/effect of a program being in automatic
start-up?

Saves you the trouble of starting it manually.

For example, among the things I start automatically is Microsoft
Outlook. When I get up in the morning, I start my computer, then
go get my coffee. When I return it's finished booting and any
E-mail I've received overnight is there waiting for me to read.