Paul
Fri Mar 14 23:42:30 PDT 2008
Thanks to Ishla for asking the question and to JS for a helpful answer.
I have slowly begun to cull the start up list, which had grown to
almost 100.
Paul in San Francisco
JS wrote:
> Although I have not used this tool in quite the way you need help on try
> Autoruns from the MS Windows SysInternals site:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx
>
> AutoRuns will show/list all apps/etc. that load/run when you first boot
> (Boot Execute tab),
> when you logon (Logon tab) and other programs that load (grouped by labeled
> tabs) for easy viewing.
>
> It also provides the ability to selectively allows you to stop (use with
> care) any program that you don't want to load. You can undo any changes you
> have made.
>
> In your case you may be also able to delete any bad links to programs you no
> longer have installed.
>
> Note: To get additional details on an item in the list you may need to
> highlight the item (right click) and use the 'Search Online' option to get
> the details, especially useful for the more obscure items in the list.
>
> JS
>
> "Ishla" <Ishla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CB7162C6-DD6D-4461-BFB4-5B0CDB7E8873@microsoft.com...
>> Is there a microsoft application that can optimize my startup time without
>> me
>> having to play detective one check mark at a time on over 50 odd files? I
>> have installed and deleted several trial programs that automatically added
>> their startup routines, but did not remove them when I uninstalled. Now I
>> have a very long startup, and I cant' figure out which line is nessessary,
>> and which ones are phantom without hours and hours of try this one, then
>> that
>> one, etc....
>