How do I remove start up programs like alg.exe from windows XP?
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ALG.exe is the Application Layer Gateway service of Microsoft Windows.  It is a core process for Microsoft Windows Internet Connection sharing and Internet connection firewall. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated\n\n--x--\n\nif you still wish to terminate it, then do this\nclick on Start -> Run -> msconfig\nThe Microsoft System Configuration Utility should come up. ON that window, click on the tab named "Services". \nThen click on the column heading "Services" to arrange it in alphabetical order (this is to ease your search.)\nALG (Application Layer Gateway Service) should be the first or second service listed if arranged in ascending alphabetic order.\nUncheck that service, Click Apply. Click OK. \nRestart. \nWhen you restart the computer will ask if you want to run the configuration utility again, just click NO.\n\n--hope that helps.
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Go into the program files folder in the hardrive and delete all the files for it, then remove your shortcuts from elsewhere on the PC
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Click on Start- Control Panel- Add/Remove Programs- Find the  program- Click on Remove/un-install button. If it doesn't allow to remove the program from Add/Remove programs try deleting it from Registry.\n\nPlease follow the steps below to delete the program from Registry.\nThese steps involve Windows Registry modifications and hence I suggest you take a backup of the registry before applying the solution.\nRegistry Backup:\n1. Click Start, Run and type regedit.\n2. Click File on Registry menu and select Export to File option.\n3. Select the radio button beside “All” option.\n4. Give a file name (say regbackup) and save it onto the desktop.\n\nPlease follow the steps below to delet the program from Registry\n1. Click Start, Run and type regedit and hit enter to open Registry menu.\n2. Click "+" beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.\n3. Click "+" beside Software .\n4. Click "+" beside Microsoft.\n5. Click "+" beside Windows.\n6. Click "+" beside CurrentVersion.\n7. Click "+" beside Uninstall.\n\nTry to find the program which you want to delete. After finding the program, Right-Click on the program and select Delete/Uninstall.\n\nAfter deleting the program, close the Registry Menu and restart the system.
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there are a number of methods to stop those,\n1) go to start --> run --> type in msconfig.\nthen you can remove the start up items, and also you can remove the autoexec and config files from there.\n2) empty the start up folder. in programe files.\n3) the taskbar has some there, you can remove it from there.
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There are tree ways to uninstall/remove a program.\n1) Stop the program by right clicking on the icon in the taskbar and then try to uninstall in add/remove program.\n2) Boot your computer in safe mode by pressing F8 and selecting safe mode from the menu while restarting , then follow step 1.\n3) If you do not have an option to remove it in the add/remove window then Remove the program from startup menu as follows\n(start > run > type msconfig\npress ok.   Click on startup, uncheck it from the menu. click on apply. click on ok. press restart. Check the window that appears after restart, press ok)\nThen go to control panel > add/remove program to uninstall.\nIf nothing of the above works. Then The best way to remove unwanted programs which you can not remove from add/remove dialog in control panel on your computer is to remove it from registry. If you are comfortable with manually editing registry, otherwise use registry cleaning software like RegScrubXP to remove the entries of offending software from registry and then use a cleaning software like ccleaner to remove other files such as exes, dlls etc created by the offending program. \nFree RegScrubXP registry cleaner\nhttp://bestofrest.blogspot.com/2006/11/regscrubxp-registry-cleaner.html\n\ndownlod + install + run it.\nWhen you get in the software window.\nClick on user defined problems button.\nIt will display all entries in windows registry under different categories. So scroll down the list till you reach a category company. In this category look at the names in full key, and Main key. If you locate the name there, then check the box in front of its entry and press the button Fix selected entries. It should remove the entry from the registry.\nAfter that you will need another software to remove other files created by the program on your computer. It is ccleaner, if you do not have it already; read how to use it and then download it from here.\nhttp://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-use-ccleaner.html
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You can remove program using the add/remove programs on your control panel, but sometimes they dont delete the keys in regedit. You can just type regedit under RUN and then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then go to the software folder and delete the keys if they exist.\n\nThat would remove it completely.
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most programs have a right clickable icon in system tray that gives option to turn off its starting up as a startup program. You can also remove the program from windows services.  ->control panel->administrative->services.  Disable them there and they don't take up valuable pc boot time.
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First off, I would check that you're allowed to remove it.. I work for a company where we monitor the useage of the systems, it is against company policy to even try to get around this..\n\nThen (assuming you are allowed) I would check the list of running processes, look them up on the internet (google.com or similar) I am sure you will find out which one is the offending application.. then kill it...\n\nAll being well you will not be under the watchfull eye of the company any more.\n\nThen it's simply a case of uninstalling the program (search the hard drive for the .exe in question, delete it.. effective but may re-appear) via the control panel (if it's there).
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1) Remove the program from startup \n\nhttp://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/pc-running-slow.html\n2) Run ccleaner to remove its entry from registry.\n\nhttp://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-use-ccleaner.html
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just type msconfig on the run from the start menu then click on the tab startup then uncheck the program you dont want.\n\nyou can also use the following to do the same with more power\n\nhttp://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
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click on start then click run in the little box that comes up type msconfig when that window pops up go to startup tab and uncheck anything that you don't want running in the back ground.
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Go to start\nGo to add and remove programs\nHighlight the program you want removed and click remove.\nAll done
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Start menu > run > type in : msconfig.\nIn the new dialog box that will appear, choose the start up tab where you will find a list of all the programs that run on you start up. Uncheck whatever you like. I suggest that you leave your antivirus checked.
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go to control panel, add remove programes,delete 1 copy
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right click on start button, click "properties"\nchoose "start menu" tab, click "customize"\nclick "advanced" tab, uncheck "highligh newly installed programs"
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Go to 'Start' Choose "Run" type in "msconfig".\nThen a Dos windows will pop up. choose 'Startup" tab, unclick the browser box.
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Since you have a few I don't use, I'll give you my path; Click 'Start', click 'Run', in the space, type in 'msconfig'.  Then you click startup menu and click the ones that are checked that you don't want on startup (that removes the check mark) and hit apply.  You will have to restart your computer.  Some may not go off as they have other associated programs (like msn's messenger).  I hope one of these works for you.