How do I stop programs from automatically loading at start up?
The best way is to locate the preferences of the particular application and disable their load on Windows startup feature or uninstall the software completely. As a last resort, Win98 – XP has a feature called msconfig which can be activated from Start > run > type msconfig and click OK. Select the startup tab and Un-tick the ones you don’t want to load at startup. Warning: Be careful with this tool. It’s not too difficult to bugger things right up if you go too wild. Note: Windows 2000 doesn’t come with msconfig, but XP’s version will work and can be downloaded from The Tech Guide.
