- #HOW TO DISABLE CHROME ON STARTUP IN WIN 7 PDF#
- #HOW TO DISABLE CHROME ON STARTUP IN WIN 7 FULL#
- #HOW TO DISABLE CHROME ON STARTUP IN WIN 7 WINDOWS 10#
In Windows 10, however, it doesn’t even show you the paths anymore. When you login, you should find the log on to be faster depending on how many items you unchecked! If something stops working, then just re-enable the process. Click OK and you’ll be asked to restart the computer. Most of the time I have found that these programs do not do anything very useful on the computer. If you can’t tell what a program is from it’s name or path, then try to disable it and see if it makes any difference once you restart your computer.
#HOW TO DISABLE CHROME ON STARTUP IN WIN 7 PDF#
Adobe Reader is another one I always disable until I actually need to open a PDF file. If you don’t want Chrome loading automatically with Google Now notifications, etc, then feel free to uncheck that. The top three items have to do with Intel and I would always leave anything going to C:\Windows\system32 enabled because that’s probably controlling a piece of hardware on the system.
Unless you need Java for a specific web site or application, disable it and uninstall it from the Control Panel also.
#HOW TO DISABLE CHROME ON STARTUP IN WIN 7 FULL#
If you are not able to understand what the program is from the name, try to look at the full path.Īs you can see from the list, there is a program named Java Platform Updater with a path to an executable named jusched.exe, which you should disable because of all the security vulnerabilities Java causes. However, you may not want to disable everything for instance, if you have anti-virus software or a wireless configuration utility, you want to keep those running. Remember most of these are just applications that were installed on your computer, so disabling these programs won’t affect the core operating system. I routinely disable many of my applications without any problems. This may look a little scary and may seem as if you’ll screw up the computer if you change anything, but don’t be worried.
The startup list has two columns: The startup program name and the startup program path. In order to get it to work on Windows 2000, you need to download the msconfig file and place the file into the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ folder. Note: If you’re running Windows 2000, when you type in msconfig, you’ll get an error message saying that Windows could not find anything with that name! That is because Microsoft took out the msconfig feature out of Windows 2000 (even though it was in Windows 98) and then after many complaints, put it back into Windows XP! In Windows 7 and earlier, you uncheck the box that is at the far left of each entry in the list. In Windows 10, you have to select the item and then click the Disable button at the bottom right. In Windows 10, the list looks a bit different and it also gives you some extra info like the estimated impact the process has on the startup time.
#HOW TO DISABLE CHROME ON STARTUP IN WIN 7 WINDOWS 10#
In Windows 10, the msconfig command brings up the System Configuration utility, but the Startup section now appears in Task Manager.Ĭlicking on the Startup tab in Task Manager on Windows 10 or in the System Configuration dialog will bring up the list of startup items. In Windows 7, you can just click on Start and type in msconfig. Click on Start and then Run, type in msconfig and click OK. You can manage your startup programs by going opening the System Configuration Utility.