Re: Task Bar ?

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:49:56 -0700

That was it!!!! Thank you very much.
>-----Original Message-----
>CV wrote:
>> When I start my computer there are several programs
that
>> appear on my task bar (far bottom right) that I really
do
>> not want to appear at start up. In Windows 2000 there
was
>> a control that I could run (something like config sys
>> edit) to manually remove these programs. What is the
>> code, or procedure, to manually remove these programs
for
>> XP. PS - These programs are things like ESPN news, HP
>> help desk, and so on.
>
>Are you looking for msconfig.exe? That application
allows you to control
>what programs begin automatically at computer startup.
Run msconfig.exe and
>go to the startup tab. Remove the check from any
program you don't want to
>start automatically with windows. Apply your changes
when done. The first
>time you reboot after doing this you will be notified
that you have modified
>the startup programs. You can choose not to be notified
again and then
>click OK.
>--
>Tom Porterfield
>MS-MVP MCE
>http://support.telop.org
>
>Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>
>.
>



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