(217) Windows: How To Disable The Start-Up Programs
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The more software that installed on your system, the longer it may seem to take to start-up Windows. Many programs add themselves in the program list then started itself, when you boot the computer.
A smart way is to run few required programs, such as anti-virus and firewall software, with Windows, when your system is booting-up. But the other programs that were running at boot-up is just wasting of resources and extending the start-up time.
Windows 8 or 8.1, just open Task Manager by right click the Task Bar (or press and hold Ctrl + Shift + Esc, a shortcut key) and click on More Details, switching to Start-Up tab then use Disable button.
It's really a simple process and if these options are not showing-up then click More details, which will be in the same place of Fewer details.
Windows 7, Vista, or XP A tool MSConfig, is installed with Windows 7, Vista and XP, which allows you to view the running programs at start-up and disable them as per your need. Aware that MSConfig can also be used to configure several other things; so, be careful when using it. To run MSConfig, open Start Menu then type msconfig.exe in the search box and Enter.
Now System Configuration's main Window will be opened. Click the Start-up tab, where you see all the start-up programs with a check box next to each one. To prevent a program from starting up, just tick the check box next to the desired program then click OK.
Windows 7, Vista, or XP A tool MSConfig, is installed with Windows 7, Vista and XP, which allows you to view the running programs at start-up and disable them as per your need. Aware that MSConfig can also be used to configure several other things; so, be careful when using it. To run MSConfig, open Start Menu then type msconfig.exe in the search box and Enter.
Now System Configuration's main Window will be opened. Click the Start-up tab, where you see all the start-up programs with a check box next to each one. To prevent a program from starting up, just tick the check box next to the desired program then click OK.
A dialog box displays and asking to restart your computer for the changes to took effect. Click Restart button to restart the computer.

If you are using XP, Start > Run, type msconfig.exe in edit box, then click OK.
CCleaner: If you're using the free PC cleaning utility CCleaner, which has a tool to (view and) disable the start-up programs.

To view the list of start-up programs, just open CCleaner, then Tools > Start-up.

And some applications need to be configured to stop launching themselves when the computer boots, or they will just add themselves into the list of start-up programs again. In this case, there is usually a setting in program’s options to prevent it from starting with Windows.