Startup Programs - Comments Page 1

A good site to find startup programs if you need 'em or not is www.answersthatwork.com

check it out !

What I get the MOST annoyed with is that I disable the quicktime from starting up and then when I start my computer again it magically starts up too. Anything I can do about this without just uninstalling quicktime?

I have been using Startup Control Panel 2.8 by Mike Lin along with his little watchdog program, Startup Monitor for about three weeks now, and I think you couldn't do better for any money. These programs are free, donations accepted, at http://www.mlin.net/
Now I start four programs at power-up and the Startup Monitor has caught a half-dozen attempts to change that in the short time I have been using it. Hope this enhances the discussion. ~Charlie

Two other free utilities from Sysinternals are Autoruns and Process Explorer. Autoruns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. Process Explorer is divided into two informational panels. The top panel shows a list of currently active (open) processes while the bottom panel shows relevant information depending on what mode Process Explorer is set up in.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx >Autoruns

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx >Process Explorer

For me, the best part of both utilities is they don't have to be installed. They can be run in your browser.

Nothing mind boggling, but as an old PC user I use the old Ctl - Alt - Del keys to bring up the Task Manager. Have used it for so many years that it is almost second nature to use it. That is, even though it no longer does what it originally did on older versions of Windows.

The Sysinternals (now Microsoft) program Autoruns for Windows v9.55 is a mighty powerful and thorough way to see what auto-starts on a Windows PC. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx . The latest version came out 2009-10-01, so most people haven't played with it yet.

I cannot speak highly enough about Bill Pytlovany's WinPatrol. It does everything you talk about above and does it well. There is a free version, but if you subscribe to WinPatrol Plus you can get additional information on any program with a few mouse clicks. Great job, Bill!

Great info.

Thanks

Another program that I find helpful in stopping certain programs from loading when XP starts up is jv16 PowerTools 2009 which has a Startup Manager where you can either just stop the program from loading or delete it entirely.

For Michelle who dislikes QuickTime as much as I do, have you tried the free QuickTime Alternative? Available from http://tinyurl.com/ygfu666 , be sure to choose the second or third download link. Do not choose "Download QT Lite," or you won't get the Media Player Classic that you will need for some formats.

I found that it was better to leave the regular QuickTime program installed, but disabled, and use the QuickTime Alternative, rather than uninstalling QuickTime altogether. The Alternative program will not persistently run in your system tray.

As an aside, there is also a free Real Alternative available from the makers of the above program, which is available at http://tinyurl.com/yhbqvag .

Just so people feel safe with the tinyurls, the domain name of the sites is free-codecs.com, should you want to go that route and find the programs yourself.