Ok, this is kinda related to my first question as well. I have taken care of most of my start up problems, but it is still slow, from signing in, til I get online. Now, my start up items, how do I know what I need and don't? They are a bunch of letters thrown togther that look foreign to me and I don't know if I require it to start up or not? Or it is if you don't know what it is, you probably don't need it checked? Is there a site that can identify what these things are in my start up? I have checked very few to start but what if there is more? Thank you for any help! I appreciate it a great deal.
2007-02-08 06:11:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It is hard to discern the identity of a startup program just from its name. There are a number of resources online which can give you a description for them. My favorite is Castlecops startup list. They maintain a database of thousands of startup programs. You just type in the name of the program you are interested in and it will display a description of the program, the software developer and tell you if the program is malicious or not. Here is the link: http://www.castlecops.com/modules.php?name=StartupList
Programs marked "Y" should run at startup, "N" are non essential programs...[you can find out what the other symbols mean by reading the guide].
2007-02-08 06:36:09 · answer #1 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you use the windows defender (it's a free tool from Microsoft) start-up program shows a base directory. From this directory you can know eg. c:\program files\messenger\mXXX.exe may be something to do with messenger. This helps most of time and there is a link to website link for more information. There will be other programs from same directory that will depend on this start-up file. If you use the program heavily keep it or you can always load it when you want.
2007-02-08 06:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by askMahesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.html please pull up this website and then search for the startup program and certainly you can uncheck the program u do not need
2007-02-08 07:57:44 · answer #3 · answered by girish4music 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These links should help
Streamline your startups
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/index.php
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
http://www.greatis.com/appdata/
2007-02-08 06:16:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I might have found something for you :
http://www.softwaretrainingtutorials.com/windows-xp-admin.php
2007-02-08 06:25:32 · answer #5 · answered by The Count 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋