Post by Carole on Oct 14, 2005 2:16:29 GMT -5
It may be beneficial to disable programs that are automatically loaded when you start your computer. Many of these programs do not need to be running constantly in the background. Having many programs operating all at once can lead to conflicts which will make your computer crash and/or freeze. These programs can be turned on as you need them while you are online; they should be turned off when you are done with them. We have had very positive results when users turn off extraneous programs.
For more comprehensive information about Startup programs and what they do, click here: Startup Applications.
Disabling StartUp programs in Windows 98/ME/XP
In the System Configuration Utility:
1. Click your Start button, then click Run. Type MSCONFIG and click Ok.
2. Click the StartUp tab.
3. You will see a long list of programs with check boxes next to them. Uncheck all the programs except the following:
Task Monitor
Registry Scan
Systray
4. Reboot your computer,* launch PowerTools and see how it runs.
(* With WinXp, after rebooting your computer, you will see a message regarding the System Configuration Utility. Put a checkmark in the box next to "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utiltiy when Windows Starts:" and then click the OK button.)
You can always go back to the MSCONFIG window and recheck items if you find that you absolutely must have them launch at start up.
In Win.ini File:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type SYSEDIT and click OK.
2. Click the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI tab.
3. Look near the top for a section called [Windows]. In that section, look for the load= and run= lines. If those lines are empty, just close the System Configuration window. If there is anything in those lines, put a semi-colon in front of the line, so it would look like this:
;run=c:\etc
;load=c:\etc
4. Close the System Configuration Editor window, and at the save prompt, click Yes.
This will prevent the programs reference here from loading at startup; if you remove the semi-colon, the programs will again load at startup.
In the Windows Registry:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type RegEdit, click OK, to open the Registry Editor.
2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SOFTWARE, then Microsoft, then Windows then CurrentVersion, then RUN.
3. In the right window pane, you will find programs that load when Windows starts. Right click your mouse on the one you wish to turn off at startup, click Delete. At the prompt, click Yes.
4. Close the Registry Editor.
Disabling StartUp programs in Windows 2000
Windows 2000 does not come with the MSCONFIG utility needed to easily turn off programs that run on startup.
The MSCONFIG utility that is installed with Windows XP is fully compatible with Win2000, and to make this process easier for our users, we have the utility available. Please click the link below to download it:
Download MSCONFIG for Windows 2000
Download the file to your C:\WINNT\System32 folder.
Once that's done:
1. Click your Start button, then click Run. Type MSCONFIG and click Ok.
2. Click the StartUp tab.
3. You will see a list of programs with check boxes next to them. Uncheck all the unnecessary programs.
4. Reboot your computer.
You can always go back to the MSCONFIG window and recheck items if you find that you absolutely must have them launch at start up.
Disabling StartUp programs in Windows 95
To see what programs you have running, press CTRL + ALT + DEL one time. This shows you a Close Program list. You want the Systray available, but most of these programs can be disabled so they do not load when you start your computer.
In the Startup Folder:
1. Right click your Start button, click Open.
2. Double click the Programs folder; double click the StartUp folder.
3. Highlight each item in the folder and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Do this for all items except CarryOn (if you are using that program). Or, you can simply move the items to some other temporary folder using Win95's cut and paste. This does not remove the programs from your computer; it just removes the shortcuts for those programs from the StartUp Folder. These shortcuts can always be recreated and moved back into the StartUp folder if you want.
4. Reboot your computer.
Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to check for any programs that are left. If you still have programs listed, do the following:
In Win.ini File:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type SYSEDIT, click OK.
2. Click the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI tab.
3. Look near the top for a section called [Windows]. In that section, look for the load= and run= lines. If those lines are empty, just close the System Configuration window. If there is anything in those lines, put a semi-colon in front of the line, so it would look like this:
;run=c:\etc
;load=c:\etc
4. Close the System Configuration Editor window, and at the save prompt, click Yes.
This will prevent the programs reference here from loading at startup; if you remove the semi-colon, the programs will again load at startup.
In the Windows Registry:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type RegEdit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SOFTWARE, then Microsoft, then Windows , then CurrentVersion, then RUN.
3. In the right window pane, you will find programs that load when Windows starts. Right click your mouse on the one you wish to disable, then click Delete.
4. Close the Registry Editor.
For more comprehensive information about Startup programs and what they do, click here: Startup Applications.
Disabling StartUp programs in Windows 98/ME/XP
In the System Configuration Utility:
1. Click your Start button, then click Run. Type MSCONFIG and click Ok.
2. Click the StartUp tab.
3. You will see a long list of programs with check boxes next to them. Uncheck all the programs except the following:
Task Monitor
Registry Scan
Systray
4. Reboot your computer,* launch PowerTools and see how it runs.
(* With WinXp, after rebooting your computer, you will see a message regarding the System Configuration Utility. Put a checkmark in the box next to "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utiltiy when Windows Starts:" and then click the OK button.)
You can always go back to the MSCONFIG window and recheck items if you find that you absolutely must have them launch at start up.
In Win.ini File:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type SYSEDIT and click OK.
2. Click the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI tab.
3. Look near the top for a section called [Windows]. In that section, look for the load= and run= lines. If those lines are empty, just close the System Configuration window. If there is anything in those lines, put a semi-colon in front of the line, so it would look like this:
;run=c:\etc
;load=c:\etc
4. Close the System Configuration Editor window, and at the save prompt, click Yes.
This will prevent the programs reference here from loading at startup; if you remove the semi-colon, the programs will again load at startup.
In the Windows Registry:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type RegEdit, click OK, to open the Registry Editor.
2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SOFTWARE, then Microsoft, then Windows then CurrentVersion, then RUN.
3. In the right window pane, you will find programs that load when Windows starts. Right click your mouse on the one you wish to turn off at startup, click Delete. At the prompt, click Yes.
4. Close the Registry Editor.
Disabling StartUp programs in Windows 2000
Windows 2000 does not come with the MSCONFIG utility needed to easily turn off programs that run on startup.
The MSCONFIG utility that is installed with Windows XP is fully compatible with Win2000, and to make this process easier for our users, we have the utility available. Please click the link below to download it:
Download MSCONFIG for Windows 2000
Download the file to your C:\WINNT\System32 folder.
Once that's done:
1. Click your Start button, then click Run. Type MSCONFIG and click Ok.
2. Click the StartUp tab.
3. You will see a list of programs with check boxes next to them. Uncheck all the unnecessary programs.
4. Reboot your computer.
You can always go back to the MSCONFIG window and recheck items if you find that you absolutely must have them launch at start up.
Disabling StartUp programs in Windows 95
To see what programs you have running, press CTRL + ALT + DEL one time. This shows you a Close Program list. You want the Systray available, but most of these programs can be disabled so they do not load when you start your computer.
In the Startup Folder:
1. Right click your Start button, click Open.
2. Double click the Programs folder; double click the StartUp folder.
3. Highlight each item in the folder and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Do this for all items except CarryOn (if you are using that program). Or, you can simply move the items to some other temporary folder using Win95's cut and paste. This does not remove the programs from your computer; it just removes the shortcuts for those programs from the StartUp Folder. These shortcuts can always be recreated and moved back into the StartUp folder if you want.
4. Reboot your computer.
Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to check for any programs that are left. If you still have programs listed, do the following:
In Win.ini File:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type SYSEDIT, click OK.
2. Click the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI tab.
3. Look near the top for a section called [Windows]. In that section, look for the load= and run= lines. If those lines are empty, just close the System Configuration window. If there is anything in those lines, put a semi-colon in front of the line, so it would look like this:
;run=c:\etc
;load=c:\etc
4. Close the System Configuration Editor window, and at the save prompt, click Yes.
This will prevent the programs reference here from loading at startup; if you remove the semi-colon, the programs will again load at startup.
In the Windows Registry:
1. Click Start button, click Run, type RegEdit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SOFTWARE, then Microsoft, then Windows , then CurrentVersion, then RUN.
3. In the right window pane, you will find programs that load when Windows starts. Right click your mouse on the one you wish to disable, then click Delete.
4. Close the Registry Editor.