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Startup List Items

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Seabreeze800, 2004/12/05.

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  1. 2004/12/05
    Seabreeze800

    Seabreeze800 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I've read that a long list of Startup items can slow the system considerably and that the list of Startup
    items should be kept as short as possible. Does eliminating a particular item simply prevent its being
    loaded at Startup, or does it remove the item entirely. If I don't recognize each item in the list, can I
    remove something from Startup without causing problems that are worse than any benefit
    their removal would offer?
    Thanks kindly,
    Jack
     
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    surferdude2

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    Where are you generating your Startups list from? Msconfig?

    Normally you can't do any harm by dropping items from the Startups list. You do not affect the program involved, just stop the call for it.

    You should drop any item that you don't use every session.

    If you have doubts, post the list here for review.
     

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    Welshjim

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    Seabreeze800--There are very few programs that need to start at boot in Win98. As surferdude2 has said, not loading most other programs at boot does not prevent you from using them as you need them. They are not removed from the hard drive.
    From memory I think I had only antivirus, firewall (may involve more than one program), LoadPowerProfile, SysTray, ScanReg and TaskMon, and some people would question including TaskMon. :) (several otherprograms start, like Windows Explorer, but do not appear in msconfig)
    You may find these sites helpful to tell you all about programs that often are started at boot and whether you should consider disabling the start at boot
    http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
    http://www.greatis.com/appdata/index.html
    and this one, which is somewhat overwhelming
    http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
    Of course you may want other programs to start. But you do not want viruses, spyware, etc.
    I assume you have antivirus, firewall and spyware detectors on your PC. If not see here.
    http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=31695
     
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    goddez1

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    Yes most definitely, but the main reason for this is to stop program conflicts or to stop a problematic or nuisance program from being run in the first place.

    It keeps it from being loaded and ran at startup. They must be manually started up or ran at a time that you choose.

    Find out first!!! There are somethings loaded at startup that should to be loaded or are suggested not to stop.

    Yes, explorer, systray, the power profile lines, scandisk line, just to name a few (I can't remember all off the top of my head).

    We must have been typing at the same time but I see Jim has beaten me to this and has provided you with the neccessary sites and a few from the startup list that should not be removed. I hope you find these useful.
     
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    Seabreeze800

    Seabreeze800 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thanks very much for the replies. I'll check out the links mentioned in order to learn more about just
    what's involved before I jump in and do something I'll regret later.
    Thanks to everyone.
    Jack
     
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