[Haze]

who do i get to the startup options so i can pick and choose which programs
start up when windows starts
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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Start, Run and enter MSCONFIG

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"Haze" <Haze@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B79E292C-F115-47C0-8D83-96F9D95F7CF3@microsoft.com...
> who do i get to the startup options so i can pick and choose which programs
> start up when windows starts
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> HAZE

[Ken Blake]

In news:B79E292C-F115-47C0-8D83-96F9D95F7CF3@microsoft.com,
Haze <Haze@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> who do i get to the startup options so i can pick and choose
> which
> programs start up when windows starts


If you want to add programs, put a shortcut to them in the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup

If you want to delete programs, read the following:

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you
actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show
icon" option). 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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[lpestep]

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> In news:B79E292C-F115-47C0-8D83-96F9D95F7CF3@microsoft.com,
> Haze <Haze@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
> > who do i get to the startup options so i can pick and choose
> > which
> > programs start up when windows starts
>
>
> If you want to add programs, put a shortcut to them in the folder
> C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Start
> Menu\Programs\Startup
>
> If you want to delete programs, read the following:
>
> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
> Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you
> actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show
> icon" option). 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.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

Thanks for the heads up Ken. The web sight was a big help.

[Ken Blake]

In news:63A8CE34-5FB3-40E8-B0D5-3C8DA747AA7A@microsoft.com,
lpestep <lpestep@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:B79E292C-F115-47C0-8D83-96F9D95F7CF3@microsoft.com,
>> Haze <Haze@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>>> who do i get to the startup options so i can pick and choose
>>> which
>>> programs start up when windows starts
>>
>>
>> If you want to add programs, put a shortcut to them in the
>> folder
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Start
>> Menu\Programs\Startup
>>
>> If you want to delete programs, read the following:

> Thanks for the heads up Ken. The web sight was a big help.



You're welcome. Glad to help.

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