too many programs running on my machine 3

[65Years]

How do I get rid of numerous programs starting automatically when I first turn on my windows 98 machine?

 

[wolluf]

msconfig
startupcpl

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

startupmanager

http://www.lpacomputers.telinco.co.uk/SM.zip

 

[65Years]

Thanks for the help wolluf...Thats just what I needed.

 

[j0ckser]

Hi wolluf.
This was a query I was going to post for my Win95 machine. Msconfig doesn't work there, but Mike Lin's looks as though it would do the trick.

Thanks.

per ardua ad astra

 

[kippy13]

sysedit will also give you some options.

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923

 

[TekTippy4U]

FWIW I use both Mlin's CPL and StartupMonitor

TT4U

Notification:
These are just "my" thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
Backup All Important Data/Docs..All involved shall be spared the grief.

 

[ANFPS26]

JOckser, you can get msconfig to work on your Win95 machine. Check this out:

http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Msconfig.htm

Jim

 

[sabrinaduncan]

There is, of course, the startup menu. There are also locations in the Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You will also want to look at RunServices and RunOnce in the same folders.

This is sometimes the only way to find spyware. A good tech is never afraid of going into the Windows Registry.

 

[j0ckser]

sabrinaduncan & ANFPS26:
thanks. one star to each.


per ardua ad astra

 

[cdogg]

Well, now that Sabrina brings up the point about finding spyware, you should run both of these apps frequently (at least once a month if you do a lot of surfing and downloading):

Spybot v1.2

http://spybot.safer-networking.de/

Ad-aware v6

http://www.lavasoft.de/

~cdogg
[tab]"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind"
[tab][tab]- Aristotle

 

[sabrinaduncan]

Black Ice also includes some spyware protection in its latest version.