Comments on: AutoRuns – handles software and driver startup entries

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:24:13 +0000

@hariscorner

Msconfig is nice for fast changes but it is not comprehensive (doesn’t show plenty of ways apps can be set to auto-start). Also it can only disable entries, not remove them completely.

If I can I will always just use Autoruns.

By: hariscorner

hariscorner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:48:02 +0000

if you only want to edit the startup program, i’m prefer using

[Windows]+[R] –> type ‘msconfig’ (without quote) –> select ‘starup’ tab

uncheck unnecesary program.. be carefull you must know what you do.. :D

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:24:59 +0000

@Josh

XP has need for reset? News for me.

And don’t start on Vista, we are on my homeground this time. :)

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:19:56 +0000

Vista is actually great for never turning off… no longer any need to reset like XP…

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:57:39 +0000

@Josh

If I had Vista slow startup would be least of my performance worries. :) Personally I don’t turn computer of, I am mostly using AutoRuns for troubleshooting and cleanup at work.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:52:14 +0000

Hehe… if you had Vista it has better startup managment with much of the above =P

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:24:39 +0000

@Nihar

Just be careful, it’s really easy to break Windows by killing important stuff in startup. I generally stick to top of AutoRuns list and sometimes clean out missing drivers.

By: Nihar

Nihar — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:19:56 +0000

Will definitely use it. my startup is full of crap. need to remove lot of unnecessary things.