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In news:9C30FBB2-2A7D-4C3C-8208-3D5A447D6DAA@microsoft.com,
Brad <Brad@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Many thanks, Ken! --Brad
You're welcome, Brad. Glad to help.
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> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:9C606C02-1BBA-4A21-90CF-C2C30C70E9E0@microsoft.com,
>> Brad <Brad@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> > How can I control which programs or links I want to start
>> > running
>> > automatically when I boot?
>>
>>
>> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check
>> its
>> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can
>> easily
>> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run
>> MSCONFIG
>> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
>> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>>
>> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the
>> purpose
>> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
>> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
>> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
>> performance severely, but others have no effect on
>> performance.
>>
>> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
>> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is
>> to
>> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all
>> the
>> time. You can get more information about these with at
>> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
>> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.
>>
>> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
>> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you
>> want
>> to get rid of.
>>
>>
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>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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