Q. What’s a good program to see what runs on my computer when I start it up? MSConfig just confuses me. A. I used to recommend MSConfig, a configuration tool included in most versions of Windows, but ...

When you start your computer, Windows isn’t the only program that loads. For instance, you may have noticed icons in the notification area (also known as the system tray) in the far-right portion of ...

Do you have any idea how many programs are running on your systems without your knowledge? Using msconfig, you'll know. You'll also see that by shutting down many of these unneccessary programs, your ...

When I click Start and then Run and type in msconfig.exe, I get a thing called the Startup tab. There I see many programs starting every time my machine boots up. I would like to delete the unused ...

After reading Windows Takes Too Long to Boot, Mark Fraleigh went to MSConfig and unchecked several programs. Now he wants to remove them from MSConfig, altogether. Unless you actually want to ...

If your Windows computer seems to shut down slowly or start up slowly, or if it doesn’t enter power-saving modes, it’s possible that a program or device driver is interfering with Windows power ...

Windows can load quicker when you disable programs you don't need at start-up. Plus, stop Msconfig from opening automatically when Windows starts. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

It is important to manage startup programs in Windows 11/10 that you do not need to start up every time your Windows boots. It is common for most programs to add themselves to the startup list as a ...