How do I find out what programs my computer is running at start up? And how do I change them?

Run 'msconfig' then click on the startup tab and uncheck the items you don't need

Finding out what's running at startup is easy, just go to the Start Menu and then click Run. Type in msconfig and press Enter. In the window that appears, click on the tab labeled Startup. A list of programs will be shown, those items that have a check next to the entry do load at startup while the other items that have no check mark, do not.

1.Click on your "Start" button.

2. Select the "Run"

3.Type "msconfig"

4.It will popped out a program

5.Select the "Startup" button.

6. And there you go, you can see what programs running.

7.You can unchecked the ones which you find it is not necessary run in the Start up.

8.But be caution of unchecking the system thingys.it might cause ur com to be corrupted.

hope this helps=)

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Go to Start>Run type msconfig and go under the startup tab, there you can see all the programs that are activated during startup. You can then opt to disable them.

Yes this is possible.

One of the software that can help you detect the software loading at the start and stop them from loading if determined by you is "Autoruns". This is a very powerful Microsoft software which can be downloaded from the following link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb...

Another good software is "AnVir Task Manager". It has a freeware and a paid version. The freeware version will be enough for your requirement. Check it out on their website: http://www.anvir.com/

In addition to the answer above make sure you put a checkmark in the box to see all, processes.

Download Winpatrol this free programme allows you to delete programmes not wanted at start up.