How Do I Stop Windows Xp from Starting up?
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To run it, type msconfig at a command prompt and press Enter. (If that doesn’t work, first do a search for msconfig.exe , and then when you find the file, double-click it.) To stop a program from running at startup, go to the Startup tab in this utility and uncheck the box next to the program.

How do I remove things from startup?

Remove a shortcut

  1. Press Win-r . In the “Open:” field, type: C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartUp. Press Enter .
  2. Right-click the program you don’t want to open at startup and click Delete.

How do I disable a program?

On most Windows computers, you can access the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc, then clicking the Startup tab. Select any program in the list and click the Disable button if you don’t want it to run on startup.

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