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From: kali on 16 Mar 2010 15:03 how/where do you tell Windows XP what programs to load on startup? the other day I installed AIM messenger, it installed all sorts of nasty stuff, most of which I have managed to uninstall, but it still does a nasty thing: when Windows boots up it opens Firefox (AND resizes browser window) and loads AOL home page.. how do I prevent it from doing this please.. thank you..
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 16 Mar 2010 16:04 On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:03:37 -0700 (PDT), kali <maya778899(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > how/where do you tell Windows XP what programs to load on startup? > > the other day I installed AIM messenger, it installed all sorts of > nasty stuff, most of which I have managed to uninstall, but it still > does a nasty thing: when Windows boots up it opens Firefox (AND > resizes browser window) and loads AOL home page.. how do I prevent it > from doing this please.. On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to start automatically. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Etaoin Shrdlu on 16 Mar 2010 16:24 On 3/16/2010 2:03 PM, kali wrote: > > how/where do you tell Windows XP what programs to load on startup? > > the other day I installed AIM messenger, it installed all sorts of > nasty stuff, most of which I have managed to uninstall, but it still > does a nasty thing: when Windows boots up it opens Firefox (AND > resizes browser window) and loads AOL home page.. how do I prevent it > from doing this please.. > > thank you.. > > > There are two small free programs that I've been using satisfactorily for a long time, both from the same author: http://www.mlin.net/. One is called Startup Monitor, and it runs in the background and warns when any program tries to install something to start at bootup and gives you the option to allow it or not. The other is Startup Control Panel, which installs an app in Control Panel that allows for easy control over what gets loaded at bootup.
From: Bruce Chambers on 16 Mar 2010 23:33 kali wrote: > how/where do you tell Windows XP what programs to load on startup? > > the other day I installed AIM messenger, it installed all sorts of > nasty stuff, most of which I have managed to uninstall, but it still > does a nasty thing: when Windows boots up it opens Firefox (AND > resizes browser window) and loads AOL home page.. how do I prevent it > from doing this please.. > > thank you.. > > > In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts." Additionally, Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the system registry, primarily in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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