Re: Programs that start automatically after boot

[Antonio Fernandez-Vicenti <afvaiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Norm,
- thanks a lot for your references to Messenger. It works!
- WINZIP is not a problem, nor MS Office
- What about SQL Server? How to make it NOT TO START everyday?
- Adobe is not a problem either. But let me ask a question on Adobe 
Reader: I have it  version 7.0. And works great, ... unless you happen 
to open it to read something directly from Internet. Then it works as 
normal, ... but when you are going to power off the system, then 
something happens and receive a strange message telling instruction 
XXXXXXXXXXX points to somewhere not valid... The problem is not serious, 
you only have to accept it, and then it ends as normal. But it is very 
annoying. And since system is already in the process of terminating, you 
cannot  do anything to print it, copy the message, etc to send it 
anywhere. Has this ever happened to any of you?
Thanks again,
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> unfortunately there are many programs that are set to start automatically
> when windows is started.
> Some seem to be run as a 'service' that is set to automatic.
>
> Some can be dealt with in other ways:
> MS Windows Messenger has a Tools/Options/Preferences check box
> WINZIP can be stopped by a right click on the system tray icon and then
> click exit, a prompt will then ask if you want that exit to be permanent or
> until next restart.
> Adobe fast load is set in the Start/Startup folder
> MS Office fast load is set in the Start/Startup folder
> etc, etc,
> ------------------------------------------------------Original Message-----
> Subject: [PCTECH] Programs that start automatically after boot
> I have quite a number of programs installed in my PC.
> Many of them, e.g. SQL Server, MSN Messenger, etc are not used everyday,
> but only very occasionally.
> But every time, after boot of the PC, they all start up consuming a lot
> of time until system is really available to work with.
> I've tried looking into
> - Inicio (Spanish version of Start ?) ,
> - MSConfig, ... With MSConfig, the list of programs is such a huge
> bunch, with names I can't even figure out to which programs belong, or
> what thy are used for...
> - Regedit
> Is there any esaier way to stop some programs from staring
> automatically, rather than uninstalling them?
>