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Old 20 February 2009, 07:37 PM
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Question Start up Programs

Where do I find the start up programs and disable them?
Old 20 February 2009, 08:01 PM
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Startup Control Panel -

Best program you can get

You can disable or delete what loads up.

Program is free and just run the exe (nothing to install).

Richard.
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start > run >msconfig

click the startup tab
Old 20 February 2009, 08:46 PM
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Start -> Run
Type regedit
Then look under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE ->Microsoft ->Windows -> CurrentVersion ->Run

All programs started by windows are kept here.
Also check 'startup' under programs from the start bar.
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Richard

Will that app work under Vista ?

Cheers


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Old 21 February 2009, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Richard

Will that app work under Vista ?

Cheers


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Yep - works under every version of Windows including Vista. I've used this for years and years.
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Crap cleaner does this easily, and will also sort out registry issues etc at the same time

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