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[Tav]

I was was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a way of deciding what programs load on start up. As soon as I open task manager there are a few programs running that I don't think need to be and I would like these to stop. Basically just trying to think of ways to improve performance a little.

Cheers.

[Aaron_Robertson]

Hmm have you tried using MSCONFIG?

Start, Run: TYPE : MSCONFIG and go to start-up
And Remove unwated programs to start with

Thats the frist stage at least.

If that helps let me know

[Bailz]

Originally Posted by Aaron_Robertson

Hmm have you tried using MSCONFIG?

Start, Run: TYPE : MSCONFIG and go to start-up
And Remove unwated programs to start with

Thats the frist stage at least.

If that helps let me know

Not the first stage!

First stage is to remove unwanted programs from your startup folder.

[Aaron_Robertson]

Same thing really! You normally remove from the folder if your not usin XP

[spellchecker]

open regedit and check the following entries for keys; each key in the following is a program that will startup when the computer switches on:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RunServices

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RunServices


not sure if i got the names quite right, but that's roughly where most of the startup stuff actually exists (e.g. where MSN messenger ends up being started from)

[Tav]

Originally Posted by Aaron_Robertson

Hmm have you tried using MSCONFIG?

Start, Run: TYPE : MSCONFIG and go to start-up
And Remove unwated programs to start with

Thats the frist stage at least.

If that helps let me know

Confirmed by pro tools optimization guide. Cheers. I managed to get rid of about 8 start up progs which should help a little.