Stopping progs on startup

Mitch Connor

what do you type into the Run textbox to get see and stop/change the programs that run automatically when windows xp starts up?

Shiny

msconfig

jayneemac

Here is a nice little free applet I found while googling:

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

It installs into the control panel & allows you to view & set what progs boot with windows, whether they're called from the registry or the startup folder in windows.

i think msconfig has to run at every boot if ust it to disable apps/processes?!?!?

Lump

No, you can tell it not to.

John

MartMax

also, if you wanna configure applications running as services, go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel, and open Services.

Or, quickly type in Run "services.msc /s"

Now you can see everything setup as services, which one running automatically at boot, and which ones are not...

Careful, don't mess up... :eek:

sillild

Tauren wrote:

what do you type into the Run textbox to get see and stop/change the programs that run automatically when windows xp starts up?

If its not in the startup folder

then

RUN "regedit"

then goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\"blah"

and

HKEY_USERS\defaults\Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\"blah"


where "blah" =

run
runonce
runonceex
runservices
runservicesonce

remove entries you do not want to load at startup

as mentioned above

Caution required

Orion

sillild wrote:

If its not in the startup folder
then
RUN "regedit"

msconfig shows all those as well.

BopNiblets

I use a little program called StartupMonitor , it tells me whenever a program is put into the startup list and lets me allow or disallow it, handy for keeping the startup programs tidy and under control.

jayneemac

sillild wrote:

If its not in the startup folder

then

RUN "regedit"

then goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\"blah"

and

HKEY_USERS\defaults\Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\"blah"


where "blah" =

run
runonce
runonceex
runservices
runservicesonce

remove entries you do not want to load at startup

as mentioned above

Caution required

the program i mentioned those all of the above!

as someone else said, use services.msc to disable windows/3rd party services...

garthv

Ive always used msconfig and that show pretty much everything, no point in downloading a whole new program to do something that windows already has a tool for.....

vibe666

if it's spyware or some other mystery apps that are bothering you then you can't beat Hijackthis! (google it).

it will show you every little tiny thing that's being run at startup regardless of what it is, and gives you the option to remove them. unfortunately it won't let you re-enable things after you've removed them, so you best make sure you dont make any mistakes or you may end up fooked.