Eliminate Unneeded Startup Programs

When your computer starts, a number of programs start automatically and remain running in the background and steal away memory. They have no real use to the average user. My best example of this is Messenger (or AIM/ICQ) which starts and hogs valuable resources even when your not using it.

First lets see how to get there to see what we have shall we?

• Type 'msconfig' in the Run command (Winkey + R) (new trick for you here lol);
• Press Start/Control Panel/Admin Tools/System Configuration/Startup; or
• Download this excellent freeware program called Startup Inspector

This is an excellent program because it has a consultant which, not only tells you what each program is, but also tells you which are required by the system (user chosen, recommended, not required or unknown).

Now what can we disable and eliminate from the startup process? This is much an individual choice but I personally have shut down all that start 'NVIDIA, Messenger, Office, Nwiz, and quicktime.

The good thing about disabling is, if you see a negative result...go into safe mode, Run, Msconfig and undo your changes.

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