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Running and Startup Processes

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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?

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msconfig

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click on start,run, type in msconfig, press enter, there you can select/un select the programs and services that are starting up. apply it and restart your computer…..this should help you out some.

Better yet, Autoruns

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Since the OP is already using a more advanced app.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx

Good stuff.

Disable them, don’t turn them off.

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User AutoRuns, from the same source as Process Explorer.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx

Most such processes can be started with the programs associated with the hardware.

For the ones that show back up, make sure there aren’t other startup items for the same hardware that will invoke the ones you’ve disabled. Check the settings in the software associated with the hardware so that these do not automatically reset themselves when the hardware is connected.

Of course, the way some of these things are written, they may fight you.

Don’t forget that

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there are seven Run keys in the registry that cause programs to be run automatically:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServices

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServicesOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunOnce\Setup

You can Export the keys before modifying/removeing and then you will have a Backup if something goes wrong.

If it is a Service that you don’t need to Automatically startup set it to Manual.

Press the Winkey + r and type in services.msc and press Enter.

msconfig should be able to handle them.

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