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Ok, whenever I logon I have to wait for AOL and MSN Messengers to pop up before I can actually do anything. Is there a way I can change a setting to keep them from opening when I first logon?
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Start | Run MSCONFIG, go to the startup tab, and remove those two programs from starting up with Windows.
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Thanks LZ.

You know...I didnt know I had that much crap trying to start up when I logged in. There's stuff I never even heard of on there.
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well, for those programs in question. if you looked in their options. there's an check box that disables their auto start on boot.

LZ's method is really for the stubbon ones that don't have that option. but still works anyway
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quote:

iacon45 wrote:

Thanks LZ.

You know...I didnt know I had that much crap trying to start up when I logged in. There's stuff I never even heard of on there.



Believe me, a lot of people don't realize it. So many professors on campus complain that their laptops boot up so slowly...so I show them MSCONFIG...and they're astounded. emoticon

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I also like System File Checker, type "sfc /scannow", pop in the Windows CD, and it checks over the whole system to make sure no misbehaved programs have screwed up the OS's files.

But then of course (insert obligatory Mac/OS X rant here)

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