I currently use Process Explorer to monitor what I have running. I regularly check and change what programs I have starting at every boot. But there are some programs that I have installed but the hardware may not need to be running at every startup. I’ve checked to make sure it isn’t set to start at boot in the program options but some of them still show up. I also check the windows startup and use Startup CPL to verify these are not set to run. But they still do.
I’m tired of going to Process Explorer every time I boot my computer to shut down those processes that I know I’m not going to be using. Examples would be: my portable scanner, or graphics tablet. I don’t use them everyday but they are ALWAYS starting.
Is there a solution to this?