How to block a start up program

Many Start up programs load up automatically when your computer starts , it may be really difficult to manually unload each of these programs each time you reboot the computer. Below are the steps on how to remove these programs from starting up automatically.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For Windows Vista users

  1.   Click Start / type in the search box (just above the start button) "msconfig" and hit the "Enter" key.                            

  2.   Provide an administrative password if you are asked      

  3. Click the start menu and uncheck the programs you don't  want       to   run.

 4. Click Apply and restart the program. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For Microsoft Windows XP users

1. Click Start / Programs / Startup
2. Right-click and delete the file you wish to not start automatically.

you can use the msconfig utility if this does not work.

 

Microsoft Windows 2000 users

1. Click Start / Programs / Startup
2. Right-click and delete the file you wish to not start automatically.

If you were unable to locate the program automatically loading following the above instructions, attempt to lo

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows ME users

1. Click Start / Programs / Startup
2. Right-click and delete the file you wish to not start automatically.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Microsoft Windows 95 users

1. Click Start / Settings / Taskbar & Start Menu Programs
2. Click the Start Menu Programs tab
3. Click the advanced button
4. Open the Programs folder
5. Open the Startup folder and remove the program you wish to not start automatically.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 users

1. Click Start / Settings / Taskbar & Start Menu Programs
2. Click the Start Menu Programs tab
3. Click the advanced button
4. Open the Programs folder
5. Open the Startup folder and remove the program you wish to not start automatically

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Microsoft Windows 3.x users

1. In File Manager open the Main group
2. Locate and open the Startup Folder
3. Delete the program you wish to not startup from the startup folder