Re: Bootup Launches 2 applications

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:37:23 -0500

Hi,

Start/.run msconfig and disable them on the startup tab.

To locate where they are loading from, start/run msinfo32, expand the
software environment and click on the startup programs. This should show you
what is loading at boot and where it is loading from. 

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"chapmand" <chapmand@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:9C32DF87-90DB-4F98-9D97-AFF931863109@microsoft.com...
> When my system (newly upgraded from Windows ME) boots up each time it
launches 2 applications instead of just presenting me with the Desktop.  I
am not sure why these 2 apps are launching but my sense is that they are
recently used by me but not active when I shut the computer down.
>
> I can not find a way to make them stop launching at boot up.  They are not
in my startup windows group either.
>
> Any suggestions or am I overlooking something obvious?
>
> Thanks for the help...
>
> Doug

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