Re: Where do these processes start from?
- From: SIW2 <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:13:56 -0500
Bob;868541 Wrote:
Where do I find these start-up processes that are not in start menu
start up
folder and in start up in msconfig?
At computer boot up or computer restart, entire or partial applications
or
utilities or processes (I do not know the proper term) that are user
installed start up. Some are irritating or unwanted at start up and I
want
to start them only when I want to use them. Most of the time it is
partial
elements of user-installed software that starts at start up and run in
the
background invisible to me and use computer resources. (Why can't
those
elements start only when I start the application and stop at close of
application when I am done using it?)
I have looked in the start menu start up folder and in start up in
msconfig.
The ones that I saw I shut down successfully. No problems using the
software doing this. Why I am posting this is I have discovered that
there
are still things running in the background I do not know about. Where
Do I
look for these?
An example of this is apple quick time player. I only use it
occasionally
(once every two months). I get a pop up that an update is available
along
with a bunch of other junk they want me to install. Where did that
come
from? Some little process is running that is constantly monitoring for
updates. It is not in start menu start up folder and in start up in
msconfig. Where is the start up of this hiding so I can prevent it
from
running at start up? Are there other things that I installed to use
occasionally that unknown to me are hiding and running all the time and
not
in start menu start up folder and in start up in msconfig? Where do I
find
it? I just uninstalled apple quick time player.
I emailed Acronis backup about start up. They said the two startup
files
are required or the application does not run. If I knew this I would
not
have purchased it. They said it is so small not to worry about it.
That
"Its so small don't worry about it" excuse drives me nuts. The
assumption
of these software developers is their glorious wonderful
solve-all-problems
application is the only software I will run and have on computer. I
have
lots of stuff on my computer and if every one enters something in
memory I
will have lots of processes running needlessly. All that adds up and
all my
memory is used up. On top of that it is not in start menu start up
folder
and in start up in msconfig so I can't stop it because it is hidden and
I
can't find the start up part.
Where do I find these start-up processes that are not in start menu
start up
folder and in start up in msconfig?
Background info: I have a AMD 4400+ 64X2 4GB memory 320GB HD(way bigger
than
I need) Acer computer (AM3100-U3201A) I purchased new February 2008
running
32-bit MS Vista Home Premium SP1 box. I check for MS auto updates very
frequently. I think it has onboard shared memory for video and sound.
I
use Quest DSL 1.5mb service with modem direct to computer. No switches
or
routers or wireless or any other networking hardware.
Thanks for the help.
Bob
Hi Bob,
You will usually find that if you open these 3rd party programs they
will have a properties/settings/options tab - look under that and
deselect run at startup, or check for updates at system startup, etc.
Hope that helps
SIW2
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