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Deleting MSCONFIG startup items?

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Name: Pirate_LeChuck23
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:14:28 Pacific
OS: Win XP, SP1
CPU/Ram: AMD 1800
Product: Various
Comment:

Hey all,

Just a quickie: In MSCONFIG, under the Startup tab, there are a list of startup items, half of which are ticked and half of which aren't.

Basically I want to remove the unticked ones, some of which I will NEVER be interested in using, from the list altogether, but have no idea on how to do this.

Can somebody please advise?

Thank you!

All the best,

Mark



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Response Number 1
Name: Johnw
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:20:46 Pacific
Reply:

You can go to the options in each program & untick load at startup or something like that.
Or,
Start > All Programs > Startup, right click on the program you want to delete & hit Delete.



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Response Number 2
Name: Sabertooth
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:20:55 Pacific
Reply:

http://www.get-in-control.com/msconfig-cleanup/

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Response Number 3
Name: per
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:21:54 Pacific
Reply:

See my post here.
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/100798.html

http://computervitals.com/


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Response Number 4
Name: brokenchild468
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:25:49 Pacific
Reply:

check out this site

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MSCONFIG.htm

-freddy


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Response Number 5
Name: Johnw
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:26:01 Pacific
Reply:

Another good tool.

Startup Control Panel
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet ( Sits in Control Panel ) that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. It's simple to use and, like all my programs, is very small and won't burden your system. A valuable tool for system administrators!
Startup Control Panel is compatible with all modern versions of Windows, including Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP.
May need to use InstMsi
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ieplatform/ie/comctrlx86.asp


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Response Number 6
Name: per
Date: March 9, 2006 at 16:29:05 Pacific
Reply:

Hi all. He is trying to clean out the none-use entries. That has to be done in the registry.

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Response Number 7
Name: RichGu
Date: March 9, 2006 at 17:12:36 Pacific
Reply:

Some great responses, thanks all!

I just cleaned out my MSCONFIG utility.

Thanks again
Rich Gu
P4 3.2 / 1 GB PC3200
Intel MOBO
self built


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