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Remove Programs from Windows Start Up

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by alan.robinson14

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I often encounter many weird thinks starting up when Windows comes up. I have reviewed the contents of the "Start Up Folder" Like Find Fast, Office Tool Bar, etc but many things that fire off aren't in here.
Where are they and how do I get rid of them

Alan

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by tbradley

If you go to the Start-run, and type in MSCONFIG, the windows 98 configuration program will launch. Select "selective startup", then the startup tab, and a list of processes loading in the background and in the system tray will appear. Delete ( uncheck) those you know to be troublesome or irritating, ie ye old AIM, Yahoo Pager, etc etc ad nauseum.

by stillatit

TechRepublic published a good article on finding these critters last June. If you don't have Win98, this describes all of the strange places which startup programs hide.

Troubleshooting Windows 95 startup problems
Jun 6, 2000
David Parkinson, MCSE CNA

To find this article, in the TechRepublic Technical Q&A, type the word "startup" in the search box and click "GO"

Good luck.

by awdfg

There some excellent utilities which can show you what programs are scheduled to run at startup and you have the option of either disabling them or removing them permanently.You can search www.winfiles.com,www.cnet.com etc.One good program is SystemMechanic.

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