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How to stop programs from loading with Windows
When Windows starts it looks in the Startup Group and loads any program/shortcut located their. Most of these can be simply removed from the startup group to prevent them from being loaded with Windows. To see how many you have Click on the Start button and then Programs and then StartUp to view its contents.
Whenever
you install a program or an application some programs will load parts of
themselves along with Windows. For example, Office 97 loads Find Fast, Office
Startup, Office Shortcut Bar. Some of these can be removed from the Startup
Folder, some cannot, they are hidden. How to get rid of these pests slowing you
down and utilizing precious
resources?
If
your running Windows 98 this task is pretty simple. You click on Start, click on
Run, type msconfig, click Okay. A Window will pop up, click on the Startup tab,
there you’ll find everything that’s being loaded. Remove the checkmark from
any of the boxes and the next time the system is booted the particular file will
not load.
Unfortunately,
msconfig will only get you a “cannot find the
file” error in Windows 95. No need to panic, you can still see the
files that are being loaded and remove the ones you don’t want, only the
process is not as simple as in Windows 98 since it’s done in the registry.
Once
it expands you'll see the Run folder. Click it once to highlight it and in the
pane on the right you'll see everything that's being loaded. If you highlight
RunServices, you'll see the services that are run on the right pane.
Click
the files on the right pane to highlight them and delete, the file will not load
again.
Unlike Windows 98's msconfig where you can replace the checkmark and have the files load again, in Windows 95 the change is a permanent one, be careful. (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!)