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Another option in w98 is to run MSINFO32. Go to the Tools menu, select
System Configuration Utility, and then select the Startup tab. From here you
will find all (well at least what appears to be all) items loading at
startup. Some I leave checked eg; ScanRegistry, System Tray,
LoadPowerProfile, whatever antivirus stuff you want, and then the particular
program stuff. UNchecking others releases alot of resources. If, say, your
scanner doesn't work then go back and recheck what you figure should be
checked. One real bug bear I've found is Microsoft Office's Fastfind.
Seemingly very unnecessary in w98. Could never preclude it from running,
though. Even by uninstalling! Best was to makesure of a custom install of
Office, with Fastfind unchecked. The w98 runs very well!
Can anyone help with this one, please:
My new w2000 machine runs with a live feed here in Aus and since I've had
it, often there is hestitation after clicking something before it loads,
activates or whatever. And at the worst; when I select a folder from Excel
to open a file from, it may take over 40 secs to load all the files in that
folder (say up to about 150 files). Weird. Maybe w2000 needs Fastfind? But
they are not Office files in that folder so, to my understanding, Fastfind
is of no consequence there?
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hoffman" <trader20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 01 August, 2001 4:31 AM
Subject: Startup programs (was Regedit problem)
> I recently learned that on my W95b machine I can find all the programs
that
> start in the background by looking at:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>
> You'll find programs that startup on boot that do *not* show up under the
> Sart Menu-Programs-Startup folder.
>
> I cleaned a few things out that I didn't want and my bootup is a bit
faster
> now.
>
> Scott Hoffman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Daniel" <bogeybunky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "OMEGA LIST" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:13 AM
> Subject: REGEDIT PROBLEM
>
>
> > Thanks to everyone who offered their suggestions about my problem
editing
> > the registry. It is now solved. The culprit was a program running in
the
> > background. It was a Norton program called Clean Sweep. I didn't even
> know
> > it was running. It was one of those problems that loads at startup.
> >
> > One interesting aspect was that I could run regedit in Safe Mode and
that
> > was symptomatic of a virus PWSteal.Trojan which attempts to steal login
> > names and passwords. However, that was not present.
> >
> > Bill Daniel
> >
>
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