To go along with the new sidebar section I added today that lets you see all of the posts associated with your operating system (if that’s what you are looking for), I thought I would have a post dedicated to the Windows users. With that said, here goes:
Have you ever wanted to know how to turn off those pesky start-up programs that seem to just pop up when you start your computer. If so, there are two places that you can find (and disable them). The first place is in the start menu: Start –> All Programs –> Startup. While this is the logical place for your startup items, it by far isn’t where the majority of them are.
You can find more startup items by going to Start –> Run and typing “msconfig” without the quotes. This will bring up a window with a few tabs. If you click the Startup tabs, you will see the programs that are set to run when your computer starts. Be extremely careful when unchecking items in this tab – you could mess up your computer. Therefore, a good rule of thumb is to not uncheck any program that you do not recognize.
That little trick has helped me get rid of spyware and program annoyances in the past, so I hope it helps you too. You can find more windows commands here.
PS: My goal is to post both Vista and Office 2007 reviews sometime this year for you windows users, so be on the look out for those!