Vista start up customization

[Tyrath]

Hey,

My laptops start up has gotten very slow. I noticed it brings up a lot of programs when it starts, even if in the background.

Is there somewhere I can go and change what programs open at start up all at once??

Thanks!

 

[Tristam Green]

Hey,

My laptops start up has gotten very slow. I noticed it brings up a lot of programs when it starts, even if in the background.

Is there somewhere I can go and change what programs open at start up all at once??

Thanks!

START -> RUN -> msconfig

Look at the "Startup" Tab; it shows all the startup programs

Also, attempt to use Windows Sysinternals; MS just bought out Winternals and made a good lot of their tools (which used to cost a lotta $$) free.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

Happy hunting.

 

[Euphacent]

Click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" without the quotation marks

The tab you want to look at is the "startup" tab. You can mess with the services tab, but you probably wouldn't want to.

 

[Tyrath]

Thanks guys

 

[CmdrFly]

Everyone who uses Vista and knows what MMC is should have this. I disabled 17 services from my Vista install and the sluggishness is largely removed.

http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=296633