On Windows XP, how can you decide what programs automatically start up with your computer?
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Go to Start -> Run.  Type in 'msconfig' (no quotes) and hit OK.  Click the Startup tab and it will show you a list of all the processes set to load on startup.  But before you disable anything...MAKE SURE you check what it does first by running a google search on its name.  You wouldn't want to delete your keyboard driver...would you?
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search for windows startup inspector  see what that offers.\nI have that and its a neat startup tool\nBut ive never tried to set the order of apps opening
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Go to start - control panel - add hardward and it should automatically detect it
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Go to Start Menu, click RUN. \nType msconfig and hit enter. \nYou should see a pop up box.\nGo to Startup tab and uncheck all the programs that you do not want on your start up. \nThis will prevent those programs from starting up when you restart windows. \nThis will usually make your computer go a little faster if you have do not have much memory on your computer.\nYou do not want a bunch of things running in your background during startup if it is not necessary.
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I have a friend that had the very same thing not so long ago, I don't remember what that program is, but go to start>run>type in msconfig go to the startup tab and you'll see a list of programs that are starting up when you boot up your computer. \nYou can then either post them back on here (just edit your question above), or google search all of your startup programs until  you find that particular one
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Open 'StartMenu ' folder - You can do this by exploring the folders.\n\nUnder 'Startmenu' find out what are the programmes scheduled for startup. Remove 'My computer' from startup folder, it would be fine.
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That is the system tray. There is one way to permanently remove them. This will work if you have win 98/XP in your system. \n1) Click on start\n2) Select "Run" option.\n3) Type msconfig in it.\n4) click on the last tab and there deselect all the programs you don't want to run in background.\n5) The programs will not get loaded when you boot ur system next time.
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al the above answers are time consuming\n\njust press window+r (hope u know which is the window key)\n\ntype msconfig\n\nclick the tab startup\n\nuncheck all programs that u dont want to run at startup click apply and ok\n\nthe affect will take place as soon as u reboot ur computer
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What program is it? Try right clicking it in the taskbar and looking for "properties" or something similar... lots of times there's a box you can uncheck to disable starting up when windows starts.\n\nAlternately, goto the start menu and hit "Run..." type msconfig and hit enter.... Hit the last tab called startup and look in there for the name of the program and uncheck it, and it wont startup again. You may have to expand the column that tells the location of the file on the system to figure out what those processes are for, because sometimes the names can be a little vague.\n\nHope that helps.
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Press Ctlr + Alt and then Delete at the same time and there will be a task manager that will come up click on applications and it will tell u what programs are running.
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you are talking about those programs that start up when you turn your pc on ? if so go to start> run> type in msconfig then so to the startup tab you will see all the programs that load up when you start you can disable them from there, just double check which programs you are disabling :) then click apply and restart and the programs you clicked off are not loaded...
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Some startup links can be in Start > Programs > Startup\n\nor Go to Start > Run > type msconfig, click ok.\n\nFrom there you can select which programs run on Windows startup!
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Assuming Windows XP....\nStart button / Run / type in "msconfig" (without the quotes)\nGo to the Startup tab of the window that opens\nUncheck anything that you do not want to start when the computer is turned on. (If you change your mind, you can come back and recheck them)
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go to start menu\nrun command\nmsconfig (enter)\nadjust programs etc as you desire\n\nplus check what is in your startup folder in the start menu
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go to run and type ( MSCONFIG ) then click ok. go to startup tab and uncheck what ever you see not needed. only you can decide what you need and dont :)
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Some programs by default will start no matter what you do in msconfig. Just make sure all other unnecessary programs do not start when you start your PC.
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start - run - type msconfig - startup\n\nremove them from there