Changing the start up menu

abff

Hi Folks

I hope this is the right forum for this question. Apologies if I've got it wrong.

I have windows 2007 on my PC and Ms Office 2007. It's takes about 5 minutes to run through the start up routine when I turn on the PC. I tried changing the start up menu, but it didn't seem to work. Can anyone point me in the direction of an idiot's guide to how to do this, please?

I have an immediate problem in that I want to prevent MS Outlook from starting up every time the PC is turned on. I'm about to go away for a few days and want to be able to access my email remotely (using Mail2Web) but it will only access items in my inbox that have not already been opened on my PC. Other members of my family want to use the PC while I'm away, but this will prevent me seeing my emails because Outlook opens automatically whenever the PC is turned on.

I imagine this should be something fairly simple to change, but I've gone through all the option menus and have not been able to figure it out. I would be very grateful for any help.

Thanks
abff

biko

Download Ccleaner and use the option to disable startup items you don't need
http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/managing-auto-starting-programs
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

The Caveman

download cccleaner

google it, install free version

once done, run the cleaner

once that is done,

go to Tools, startup - deselect everything, disable

Only thing that really have to auto start is your antivirus

done !

abff

Thanks.

Fysh

You don't need to use CCleaner to disable startup items - you can use Sysinternals Autoruns (run it as an administrator, then select the User account you want in the "Options" menu). Go to "Logon" and uncheck the stuff you don't want to run automatically.

(I should also note that someone in MS needs a damn good shoeing for the fact that msconfig doesn't actually let you disable auto-startup for everything running on login, as I discovered when trying to stop both Sony Ericsson and Nokia's bloated-as-hell phone management software suites from running on startup...)

Torqay

Fysh wrote: »

I should also note that someone in MS needs a damn good shoeing for the fact that msconfig doesn't actually let you disable auto-startup for everything running on login

Hey, it's the folks thinking of MSCONFIG as a startup manager who "need a damn good shoeing".

Fysh

Torqay wrote: »

Hey, it's the folks thinking of MSCONFIG as a startup manager who "need a damn good shoeing".

Yeah, what was I thinking, looking at the the Startup tab in there and thinking it was a way of managing the applications registered to run on startup?

janeparker

Hi Abff,
You can disable automatic start-up of MS Outlook when your PC turn-on . Do follow some steps that lets you to resolve this problem :

1 - Click on Start buttion in Outlook 2007
2 - Type "msconfig" in search box
3 - After finding it, click it to launch System Configuration window
4 - Now select the tab "Startup" in window then scroll to find MS outlook entry
5 - Then disable the check along "Microsoft Outlook" option
6 – click OK
7 - Now click restart for checking

Now, you would be able to prevent from unwanted startup of Outlook application whenever system is booted.

Regards :
Jane