XP Start Menu trick

[Leisha Wharfield]

I found another method that is simpler & does the exact same thing.

   > Start
   > Run
   > type in "msconfig"
   > click OK
   > on the General tab (default), click Selective Startup
   > deselect Load Startup Items
   > click apply
   > click OK to restart.

Leisha Wharfield wrote:

> I'm beginning to think that this maillist is not where I saw the 
> trick. We're using one that I think is a bit advanced for our research 
> assistants. I know there is a more superficial way that does not 
> involve asking several inexpert users to run msconfig, but I can't 
> find it.
>
> In the meantime, here's the procedure we are using, from our wonderful 
> computer geek, Mike Daniels:
>
> "The built in method for turning off startup items is to go to
>    > Start
>    > Run
>    > type in "msconfig"
>    > click OK
>    > choose startup tab
>    > click deselect all
>    > click apply
>    > click OK to restart.
>
> When the PC restarts it won't have extra things running in the 
> background. A reminder comes up telling you that the startup has been 
> altered. It looks complicated, but it goes pretty fast.
>
> Mike"
>
> Leisha
>
> Shai Danziger wrote:
>
>> Dear Leisha,
>>
>> Could you please send me the email once you get it. I would like to 
>> know how
>> to do this as well. We work on PCs that seem to have a lot of things 
>> going
>> on in the background which sometimes screws up my RT data collection.
>>
>> Shai
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Leisha Wharfield
>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:08 AM
>> To: 'E-Prime'
>> Subject: XP Start Menu trick
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Someone had posted a quick & easy way to stop all the processes 
>> running in the background on XP machines before launching an Eprime 
>> experiment. I can't seem to find it in the archives. Could you post 
>> it again?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Leisha
>>
>>
>>
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