What is that program running at startup anyway?
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Many of you are familiar with the ‘MSConfig’ utility (Start/Run/Msconfig) in Windows, but when you click on the ‘Startup’ tab to view the list of auto-loading programs, you need help identifying (don’t we all!) what each entry does. I have been getting a lot of these types of questions lately. Must be that Santa Claus dropped a new PC down the chiminey eh? Several Web sites have created wonderful resources for learning more about items that are running in the background of Windows including www.answersthatwork.com (click on the ‘Task List’ button) and www.pacs-portal.co.uk (click on the ‘Startup Tips’ button). USER BEWARE! Be sure you fully understand what you are disabling before doing so. If you don’t understand what you are doing, don’t do it. Make sure to only make one change at a time and reboot your system after each change to make sure that there are no ill effects.
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