[fornicatarachnid]

Have you ever run msconfig and wondered what all the programs are that Windows

starts up and runs in the background and whether it is safe to stop them ?... I

have....Now you can find out with this comprehensive list I found


Start-up Programs

[MikeDaMan]

Now thats one major list which I'll definently take a look at. Who doesn't want a faster boot up?

[Calinerti]

I love those type of finds, where everything is broken down and explained in detail. As for disabling services with Windows XP, I believe its better to use the services.msc command. Heres a great site I used for referance when I disabled unused services http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm ... its probably old news, but I found it really useful... good luck!

[toddsmack2k]

Nice find forni, I have stickied it. I think it has alot of good info that anyone may find very useful. Thanks forni.

[The_Neon_Cowboy]

nice .. thanks adding to my collective of comuter info

[kinetic]

Originally posted by fornicatarachnid
Have you ever run msconfig and wondered what all the programs are that Windows

starts up and runs in the background and whether it is safe to stop them ?... I

have....Now you can find out with this comprehensive list I found


Start-up Programs

Yep, I've got all of those! I was wondering why boot up was taking 1hr 45mins!

[fornicatarachnid]

Try changing the colour of your underpants Mr Kinetic, that might help speed things up

[UberLord]

Originally posted by fornicatarachnid
Try changing the colour of your underpants Mr Kinetic, that might help speed things up

Surely that would involve the said purchase of new garnments

[fornicatarachnid]

Originally posted by UberLord
Surely that would involve the said purchase of new garnments

He can have some of mine, they are a bit holey round the arse but they might help

[Alv]

NIce site but I remembered seeing a similar site but with descriptions of all the startup programs.

[kev2k]

i just disabled all of them

[nieves]

Originally posted by kev2k
i just disabled all of them

LOL

All services?

[dff3]

I found one of the great little apps called "Startup.exe".

Tiny little app that can be dragged on to the desktop that includes all of the tabed areas from the registry where the apps starting up are stored.

One of those great little apps.

Hope this helps.

[DarkoLord]

http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:_Jle9Q_sGh4C:http://www.tlsecurity.net/auto.html+...hl=sl&ie=UTF-8

here are other possible startup methods used by backdoors/trojans....

[Calinerti]

Arstechnica.com have a good tweaking guide up. I havent had time to experiment with it yet, but its worth a look.

http://arstechnica.com/tweak/win2k/xp/sgp-tweaks-1.html

[The_Neon_Cowboy]

this post is old .... none the less xp tweaks found here ........ www.tweakxp.com ... nuff said

[Flash01]

Thanks for the link.

[PangingJr]

Startup Control Panel 2.8
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. It's simple to use and, like all my programs, is very small and won't burden your system. A valuable tool for system administrators!

Startup Control Panel is compatible with all modern versions of Windows, including Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP.

note-- D/L the Standalone EXE Version (34kb), just unzip and use it, no installation.

[MousePotato]

Another good reference to many task list programs

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm

[Gizmo[5h1t3]]

just been mooching throught the site, and found this.

thats cracked me up.....whaaaaaaaaaaa

[Yousaif]

Well seems as how this thread got bumped anyway, I often use http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mento...p/PENINDEX.HTM when I am trying to find out what the startup programs are in my clients PC's.

--Saif

[Falstaff]

Excellent

[webarchitect]

That's a good list...might come in handy in the future...but for now I'll stick to just regular anti-virus check-ups for my system...