Hi,
It might be difficult to pinpoint the actual programmes you are to stop
since most of these show their executables only.
To control start up programs, why not try a program like WinPatrol which
gives you the easy interface for managing startups and services? Winpatrol
can be found on this mailing list Programs page and the latest version is
version 18. Its homepage is http://www.winpatrol.com. It is shareware, but
its trial is fully functional except that you will only miss out a few
tweaking functionalities. I think it's worth its billing considering its
usefulness.
In the mean time, you can start by cleaning up your start up folder which
you can get to by typing from the run box:
"%USERPROFILE%\Start menu\Programs\Startup"
(Please make sure to type this string in quotes or simply copy as it is. I
placed it in quotes because one of the folders has got a space in it).
This will take you to your Startup folder in your Home directory which
contains programs triggered at startup.
Select those programs you don't often use and delete them.
Besides this folder, there are other places like the registry
(HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersions\Run and
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run), but I think you should
not go to these places unless you understand the registry. This is where
utilities like Winpatrol and that MSConfig come into play. So just leave
this out -- the registry is the soft spot of your system.
Finally, you would see that some start up programs may apparently be
useless, but consider finding out more about these especially services.
These often do some background checking of your operations, so while you may
not actually love their queer names (for instance fchose.exe), these would
cause some instabilities if they are stopped like any other programs.
Cheers, I trust this helps a bit. If not, someone else might hit the right
nail.
Ishe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mich" <[email protected]>
To: "blind-computing @jaws-users.com" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:56 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what to un
checkin msconfig
Hi all. I have a hole bunch of programs in my msconfig aka start up. I
would like not all of them to start up when my pc starts since that would
make windows
load a lot slower. My questions are I have yahoo messenger and windows
messenger set to load up as well as jaws and avg. all the others i have
are set
to start up as well but I am not shure out of all of the names of the
files witch ones are for jaws and avg. I would like just 4 things to
start up when
i start windows but I don't want to un check anything that might cose
windows to get mest up. many thanks for any help you can give me. from
Mich.
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