Programs Starting Automatically

[Alexander]

Hi, I'm running Windows 2000 and I've installed some programs that starts automatically when my computer starts.

No programs are in my Startup folder yet they start when I boot my PC.

I know how to turn them off in Win98 but not in Windows 2000. Where do I find the option that prevents these programs from running when I boot my PC?

Thanks.

[rangeral]

Here's a piece about it:

Disabling Startup Programs

Disabling startup programs within Windows 2000 isn't nearly as simple as it is in Windows 9x/Me,
where you can manage that task from within the System Information program. The only way to
disable startup items that aren't in your Startup folder is to open up Regedit and browse to

[HLKM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN]

From there, you can manually delete the values, which are starting the unwanted applications. We would recommend that you export the values that you intend to delete, however, just in case you make an error.

Also do a search at google.com for startup utilities for 2k might find a handy tool if you do let us know.

[Alexander]

Thanks for the tip, I'll have to research saving the registry in 2000.

[Nomahe]

I use Startup Monitor. It's easy and it doesn't sit in your tray. You'll never know you have it until a program tries to register.

http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml