Posts Tagged ‘startup_programs’

Eliminate unwanted programs from boot up

Posted by Jason in Windows XP on November 11th, 2007

You will find that many of the programs you install on your system set portions of themselves to run automatically when you start up your computer. Each program that runs on startup not only consume system resources but also extends the length of time it takes your PC to fully boot.

Since it is generally unnecessary to have any programs running in the background (other than security like virus-scanners or firewalls) disable your unwanted startup programs to increase your startup speed and conserve system resources.

The easiest way to go about this task is to use the MSCONFIG utility, which may be familiar to users of 9x. This handy program contains a list of which is set to start when you boot your PC. You can then easily disable and re-enable (if necessary) these items. (more…)

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File Type Associations in Vista

Posted by Jason in Windows Vista on June 8th, 2007

Anyone upgrading from XP to Vista may be wondering what happened to the file-type association menu option that used to be in the Explorer. For example, say that *.TXT files are currently associated with as the default editor, but you want to change them to be associated with , , ++, or whatever your favorite editor may be. In XP, such associations were managed via the Explorer under Tools >> Folder Options >> File Types.
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Vista: Use Defender to Monitor and Disable Startup Programs

Posted by Jason in Software, Windows Vista on February 11th, 2007

Defender is not only a great help in protecting your computer from , it also simplifies monitoring the programs that automatically start when up. To do this…

1. Open Defender.
2. Select Tools.
3. Click Explorer.
4. Select Startup Programs from the Category dropdown.
5. Review the programs in the left pane. Selecting a program will display information about it in the right pane.
6. To remove a program from startup, select the program from the left pane and click the Remove button. Use the Disable button for programs you want to temporarily stop from starting when starts. To make them active again, simply select the program and click the Enable button.

info: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2065/vista_use_defender_monitor_disable_start
up_programs

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