Re: Cleaning up XP startup applications

["Tom Jedrzejewicz" <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried the "msconfig" utility.  I am pretty sure that it is on
the vanilla XP install.  It has a tab that shows what is run on
startup.  You can see what is running on startup and where it is.

I believe that you can also use the "software explorer" portion of
Windows Defender .. I think this function works in XP (I am on Vista).

Take care.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:54 PM,  <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks John and Mark,
>
>  I will give this a try.
>  <rant>
>  Still, it doesn't seem that it should be a big cryptic deal to control
>  this.  That's why it doesn't seem right to me it takes a cleanup program
>  just to find out what will be run on your PC.
>  </rant>
>
>  Maybe I'm just cheap or I'm skeptical because I have seen big claims from
>  cleanup programs in the past that weren't everything they were billed to
>  be, The program you reference is a free download so we'll see.  Thanks
>  again.
>
>  Dave Parnin
>  --
>  Nishikawa Standard Company
>  Topeka, IN  46571
>  daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>  Re: [PCTECH] Cleaning up XP startup applications
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>  > Subject: [PCTECH] Cleaning up XP startup applications
>  >
>  > I've got a couple of PC's running XP that have applications that start up
>  > when they boot.  They aren't in the Startup program group so where are
>  > they defined as startup jobs?  In older versions of Windows there was a
>  > WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI where those kind of things could hide.  Where
>  > should I look in XP?  Somewhere in the registry?
>  >
>  > Dave Parnin
>  > --
>  > Nishikawa Standard Company
>  > Topeka, IN  46571
>  > daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx