How to Choose What Programs Start up When You Turn On Your Computer

Selecting what boots up when you turn you computer is on is important for time and performance!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Turn your computer on, and when it is finished booting up, go to Start, then Run. Run will be on the right hand side of the programs you can choose.

2. Once the dialog box comes up, type in msconfig and hit ok, or press enter

3. This brings up a window named System Configuration Utility with many options and tabs. Go to the second from the last tab on the right, named Startup.

4. In this tab you will find all the programs that automatically start up when you turn on your computer. Some of them are needed, so if you don't recognize it, don't uncheck it. I suggest, also, that you don't turn off your virus protection (what ever it may be). Starting that when you turn it on is needed for it to protect you, even if you forget to turn it on.

5. Start thinking about things you can easily click on when you are ready to use them, like yahoo messenger (or any messengers you use), open office (if you use it instead of Microsoft), or any of the hardware you use. If something is not needed all the time, go ahead and uncheck the box next to it.

6. When you have finished selecting and de-selecting the programs you want on or off, go to the bottom of the window and click on Apply. Then, click on Ok.

7. You will get a dialog box that says you must restart your computer before the changes you have selected will take place. Go ahead and click restart and wait for it to restart.

8. When you restart, you will be given the option to not see the Start UP screen we went to early. Select that if you no longer want to see the Start Up screen and you're all done! You computer will boot up faster, and have more “room to move” now. Enjoy!

[starrm]

on 9/26/2009 Awesome! I'll give this a try. 5* and rec!