Re: Start up Loading

"Tom" wrote

Just completed adding DSL high speed: 256mps+MSN+ Free AOL+wireless LAN for 2
computers. That is the only ISP HS available. Previously had Dial up AOL.
Problem: After Desk Top loads, MSN Messenger, MSN Today and AOL sign up
windows appear. I used 'internet options' and deleted dial up for AOL, and
checked 'never dial up' and placed msn.com as the home page. Same problem! I
tried 'msconfig' but couldn't find MSN. I saw options for using only basic
start up menus but I don't understand their use.

First step should be to check in the options for the program you don't want to start and see if there is a setting to tell it not to run at startup. The next step is to remove any entries you don't want from the two startup folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For anything else uncheck their entries in the startup tab of msconfig:
Start | Run | Msconfig | Ok

Another option is to remove the reference to them from one of these keys in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Make sure you have a backup of the registry using a program like ERUNT before making any changes to the registry.

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

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Rock [ MVP User/Shell]

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