When I start up Windows, my hard drive seems be working overtime, even after
the items in my "start up" folder are intsalled and running. I am guessing
that other programs are starting up in the background, but have not way to
know what they are/if I need/want them to be running and taking up memory.
Anyone aware of how to see what other programs may be loading at startup and
how to stop them??
Download and install Sysinternals freeware called ProcessExplorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
Check your startup progams
Start button -> Run -> msconfig <ENTER> -> Startup tab
Any programs you don't recognise, Google them and see what you find
Check your Startup menu in the Program lists
One of the biggest problems witha lot of proprietary software is that
the distributors think their software is the most important in the
world that it needs to start up automatically when you turn your
computer on
Wrong!!!
Worst offenders are proprietary brand computers, printer and digital
camera software ... their programs do *NOT* need to be hovering in the
b/ground all the time .. after all, how much effort is there to click
an icon when you plug your digital camera in!!!
Other examples - Microsoft Office : you don't need Quick Start in your
startup menu; Adobe Acrobat Reader : you don't need Speed Start in
your Startup options in msconfig ... the list goes on and on.
Just try turning some of them off (from themscofig opti0n, above), see
what happens. You can always turn them back on again (although I
guarentee yu won't need to!!)
