Program startup under windoes XP

[raylee011]

I am trying to disable some of the programs from startup at the beginning of the windows XP startup. I know a way to do this under winme, etc. how do I do it under windowsXP

 

[Toejam31]

There are three ways.

One is to manually edit the Registry. (I'll list the keys that must be edited if you wish.)

The second is to use MSCONFIG (the System Configuration Utility), which can be launched at the Start/Run line in the GUI. However, certain items may not be accessible with this utility.

The third is to use a third-party utility like <A HREF="http://mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml" target="_new">Startup Control Panel</A>.

Of the three, I prefer the third-party utility. It is the easiest to use of the three, and allow you to reinstate the files if you find at a later date that something you deleted happens to be necessary.

The utility is completely compatible with all versions of Windows going back to Win95.

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[Zlash]

But under XP, it is cranky and does not like you messing with start up things so you may have to for a few reboots click "shut up m$" on the message it's going to give you after you change it hehe.

I do find that quite annoying of them.

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