[Jason Ess]

Stop some of those annoying things in your taskbar fron loading.

Go to Start-->Run-->and type "msconfig" w/o the quotes.

Go to the far right and find the tab "Startup". Click it.

Unclck the ones you dont want to run when you log-in.


MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR STOPPING BEFORE YOU DO IT!!!!

[Elvandil]

I know I am spitting into the wind here, and that many people will disagree with me, but I prefer to keep the msconfig available for diagnostic purposes and never to use it for the routine control of startups.

For that, I use any of the many startup managers. Autoruns is one of the best and really shows all available startup locations. But it may be too complex for many and has many options that most people don't need or would use. The second best is Startup Control Panel
Startup Control Panel (Exe version for Vista).

Just an advisory note. It is a good idea to stick with just one startup control manager. They use different methods of disabling and re-enabling startup options. Autoruns, for example, moves registry entries to a new backup location and then restores them from there if a startup is re-enabled. But others do it differently and one can not be used to re-enable items disabled by another.

[Jason Ess]

Yeah, I jus find ms easy to use

[Fidelista]

A really good list of start-up items , and they are listed alphabetically .
Easier to use than some lists, and popup describes the item selected. >f



http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM

[John Burns]

I use WinPatrol to manage my startup items - it allows you to disable if you wish, then re-enable should you feel the need. I have WinPatrol Plus, but the free WinPatrol is very nice for this and other things, such as services, etc.

Check it out at: http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html

[rocknchic]

Winpatrol is sweet. I love the little wuffing scotty. lol

[hewee]

Get WinPatrol because it does what you need and so much more.

[The_Oracle]

have to agree with Elvandil, leave MSCONFIG alone.

Autoruns, although being my favorite, may not suffice in all scenarios.

depending on the system configuration and purpose, there could be still many start up items left that can cause long delays during the startup (sure, disabling the whole lot and start whatever you need manually sounds nice but this solution may not suit everyone)

in this case i recommend Startup Delayer

Startup Delayer allows you to specify which programs to start first and which ones to delay. You can set a custom delay for each one, even drag the visual display graph which shows you exactly how your programs are starting and allows you to easily modify the order or adjust delay times.

[Elvandil]

Yes, I use Startup Delayer, too. Some apps just don't run properly when loaded too soon, and it makes the whole startup process more orderly to have things starting one after another instead of all at once.

I have some 40 startup items (on purpose), including some that make backups on boot. They don't work well if started too early.

The one gripe I have about Startup Delayer is that it doesn't show as many of the startup items as I would like. But moving one to Start > Programs > Startup allows it to be seen in SD and controlled.

Originally Posted by The_Oracle

have to agree with Elvandil, leave MSCONFIG alone.

I'm actually surprized to see someone agree with me. But sending someone who is not fully computer savvy into msconfig is another ill-advised thing to do. Someone can cause as much damage to a system there as fiddling with the registry can.

[hewee]

WinPatrol again does many things and it has a Delayed Start.

WinPatrol: Delayed Start

The newest feature of WinPatrol will greatly improve your system startup time. There may be some programs which you do want to keep running but you don’t need to launch immediately on boot up. WinPatrol’s Delayed Startup allows you to specify the time to wait before launching programs which may typically run instantly when you boot slowing down the initialization of Windows.

To Delay the startup of programs go to the WinPatrol Startup Program list.
Select a program title and "Right-click" On the menu that pops up select, "Move to Delayed Start Program list".

[Elvandil]

Thanks, hewee. I've been using WinPatrol for a year but never paid much attention to those other features. It is sometimes a good thing to use the same app for multiple purposes instead of having 3 or 4 of them .

[hewee]

Your welcome Elvandil. Go to the WinPatrol: Delayed Start tab and click the Help in the top right and your get more info.
But that Delayed Start was added about 6 months back I think. I have not used it but it all seems easy to do.
I moved something over just so I could click the delay options button and then right click the file again and added it back to the startup tab.
Plus like you said your have one program doing many things.

[The_Oracle]

WinPatrol is a decent program, adding another layer of security to a computer system for less experienced users.

but i wouldn't recommend it a general solution for any scenario. it is certainly not my first choice for 'start up management'.

[guitar]

i just delete the ones i don't want with ccleaner works fine for me

[The_Oracle]

the problem with Ccleaner: you cannot re-enable the startup entry unless you backup the registry key you are about to delete or re-install the application (some - but not all - programs can be re-enabled to start automatically from their options menu).