Help screens and Startup folders

Compaq Presario 64-bit running XP home. Click on help/support to look up a
topic, get useless hp
"i-know-what-you-asked-for-this-is-what-you-really-want" screens.
Trying to remove some programs from the automatic startup menu. I know, it's
simple, but I can't remember how to do it.
MS XP site takes me to Vista info when I search on "startup folder"
Can someone either tell me how to retrieve info from MS site, or show me how
to find this stuff in the canned HP "help," or just step me through the
auto0start removal process?
thanks
hjt

Alan
Fri Apr 04 05:37:30 PDT 2008

You could uninstall them.
You could see if they have an option not to start.
You could try Msconfig.
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:19:49 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "lionel train" <choochoo@rail.web>
wrote:

>Compaq Presario 64-bit running XP home. Click on help/support to look up a
>topic, get useless hp
>"i-know-what-you-asked-for-this-is-what-you-really-want" screens.
>Trying to remove some programs from the automatic startup menu. I know, it's
>simple, but I can't remember how to do it.
>MS XP site takes me to Vista info when I search on "startup folder"
>Can someone either tell me how to retrieve info from MS site, or show me how
>to find this stuff in the canned HP "help," or just step me through the
>auto0start removal process?
>thanks
>hjt
>

Malke
Fri Apr 04 05:38:30 PDT 2008

lionel train wrote:

> Compaq Presario 64-bit running XP home. Click on help/support to look up a
> topic, get useless hp
> "i-know-what-you-asked-for-this-is-what-you-really-want" screens.
> Trying to remove some programs from the automatic startup menu. I know,
> it's simple, but I can't remember how to do it.
> MS XP site takes me to Vista info when I search on "startup folder"
> Can someone either tell me how to retrieve info from MS site, or show me
> how to find this stuff in the canned HP "help," or just step me through
> the auto0start removal process?
> thanks
> hjt

It is always better to stop programs from starting with Windows from within
the programs themselves, so look in their Options before changing anything
with msconfig - you're just examining things at this stage. If a program
doesn't offer any way to control startup from its Preferences, then use
msconfig to uncheck the box next to its name, Apply and OK out.

Start>Run>msconfig [enter]

This brings up the System Configuration Utility. Look on the Startup tab and
find the probable culprit. Uncheck the box next to its name, Apply and OK
out. You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you do you'll
get a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Just tick the box that says in
effect, "don't bother me about this again".

Important - Do not use the System Configuration Utility to stop processes.
Instead, use Start>Run>services.msc [enter] and do not stop any services
unless you really, really know what you're doing.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx - Autoruns

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

lionel
Sat Apr 05 07:55:20 PDT 2008

Thanks! I'll try that.

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:uwLrKDllIHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> lionel train wrote:
>
>> Compaq Presario 64-bit running XP home. Click on help/support to look up
>> a
>> topic, get useless hp
>> "i-know-what-you-asked-for-this-is-what-you-really-want" screens.
>> Trying to remove some programs from the automatic startup menu. I know,
>> it's simple, but I can't remember how to do it.
>> MS XP site takes me to Vista info when I search on "startup folder"
>> Can someone either tell me how to retrieve info from MS site, or show me
>> how to find this stuff in the canned HP "help," or just step me through
>> the auto0start removal process?
>> thanks
>> hjt
>
> It is always better to stop programs from starting with Windows from
> within
> the programs themselves, so look in their Options before changing anything
> with msconfig - you're just examining things at this stage. If a program
> doesn't offer any way to control startup from its Preferences, then use
> msconfig to uncheck the box next to its name, Apply and OK out.
>
> Start>Run>msconfig [enter]
>
> This brings up the System Configuration Utility. Look on the Startup tab
> and
> find the probable culprit. Uncheck the box next to its name, Apply and OK
> out. You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you do
> you'll
> get a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Just tick the box that says
> in
> effect, "don't bother me about this again".
>
> Important - Do not use the System Configuration Utility to stop processes.
> Instead, use Start>Run>services.msc [enter] and do not stop any services
> unless you really, really know what you're doing.
>
> How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
> The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx - Autoruns
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!