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Disabling Start-up Programs

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by ajcanal

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How do you stop a program from starting at start-up time in Windows 2000? There is the obvious answer to remove them from the Start-up folder, but what about when they are not placed there?

In Win98/ME etc.. there is the MSCONFIG option with a Start-up Tab where you can uncheck certain programs to prevent them from loading and taking up memory. Is there a similar function in W2K or how is this accomplished?

Thanks, couldn't find the answer in any of my books.

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by rolf.koolma

Check the registry key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Removing the entries here will stop them from runnning at startup-time. Be carefull though, these programs are not started just for fun (most of them).
Also if you change the registry it is good custom to make a backup of the registry before you start.

Good luck,
Rolf.

by russ werner

You can copy msconfig to the 2000 machine from a 98 machine and run it if you are comfortable with it. Otherwise use the MMC in win2000.

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