Disable Automatic Startup Programs In Vista
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Certain programs are configured to start automatically when your computer startups. The problem with this it may not be necessary to have certain programs start at this time and it can slow startup times.
If you do not want certain programs to run on startup, then you can disable them one by one using the steps below.
- Click Start, type MSConfig in the Search field and press Enter.
- Click the MSConfig icon on the Start menu.
- Click the Startup tab.
- Uncheck any boxes in the startup items.
Tags: vista, windows, vista tips, vista help
3 Comments
Martin LaBar
October 23rd, 2007
at 6:24pm
It seemed to work perfectly, except that Vista asks you if you really want to do this somewhere between steps 1 and 3.
Thanks!
kladionica
March 5th, 2008
at 5:13am
nice It seemed to work perfectly
Jim
May 7th, 2008
at 5:34pm
Yes it works…but where do you find a list of those programs you need so you can get rid of the ones you don’t need?