To prevent WinAmp from automatically starting every time I boot my computer, I ran MSCONFIG and unchecked "WinampAgent." That's it.
For some reason or other, WinAmp decided that it should always be running on my computer even when I am not using the program. On my computer I have a mess of MP3s and I listen to those MP3s with a program called WinAmp. This list of over 25,000 startup items you may encounter in MSCONFIG tells you which items are absolutely necessary, which items are optional, and which items you should definitely uncheck. Or, better still, check out Paul "PacMan" Collins' huge "Startup Applications" list at. However, a good rule of thumb is to disable only those programs that you recognize and don't need to have running all the time. In Windows XP, all of Windows' essential programs are loaded through something called "Windows Services." This means that most of the startup items you see in XP are completely optional and can be turned off. Some startup programs are absolutely necessary, others are simply a waste of RAM. This takes you to a page with a list of "startup items." Startup items are programs that are automatically loaded every time you turn on your computer. Click on the Startup tab (the tab at the far right).Ĥ. This launches Microsoft's System Configuration Utility. Type MSCONFIG in the "Open:" box and then either press enter on your keyboard or click on the OK button.ģ. Disabling these programs will help your computer boot faster and crash less.
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Here is how to use MSCONFIG in Windows XP to disable some of the unnecessary programs that automatically load on start-up.
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