Autostart windows 7 config

Disable and Enable Windows 7 Startup Programs. To disable or re-enable startup programs, follow the steps below: Startup programs are listed inside the System Configuration administrative tool. In Windows 7, the System Configuration tool can be opened using the shortcut for its applet, or going through the Control Panel to open it. I will show you both ways:.

From the list of administrative tools, double click on System Configuration. The System Configuration applet will open, click on the Startup tab.

Under the Startup tab, a list of all the programs that are installed on your machine and configured to be run on startup will be listed. Any program that you don't want it to load anymore on startup, simply uncheck the box beside that program's name.

If later on you found your self that you need that program to load on startup, then you will have to check the box beside the application again. You will get a dialog box prompting you to either Restart or Exit without restart.

Left-click on Restart , and you're ready to go. Remember to make changes one at a time and restart in between changes. The Everything tab inside of Microsoft Autoruns.

But they are free, require no installation, and can be downloaded separately or with the complete suite see links below. This program is the most complex of them all. And the most dangerous!

Why do you ask? Besides being able to disable programs, drivers, and services that auto-start, you can also delete their load points altogether. So be careful! Once you downloaded the files and extracted them to a permanent location, open that folder with File Explorer. Locate either Autoruns. Right-click on the release of Autoruns for your version of Windows 10 and select Run as administrator from the context menu.

When you start Autoruns , it automatically scans your computer for auto-start programs, drivers, and services. Autoruns has multiple tabs for the different Windows auto-start locations logon, services, drivers, etc. And if you select the User pull-down menu on the toolbar on top of the program, you can also select the different user profiles. You can also delete an entry, but I recommend that you back it up first, just in case. If you find you don't need the backup, you can delete the file later.

To back up an entry in Autoruns , you right-click on it, and a context menu will appear. Left-click on Jump to entry Right-click on the selected entry in the Registry Editor , and a context menu appears.

Left-click on Export and select a location and file name for your backup file. Autoruns Sysinternals Suite. Notify me when new comments are added. Cancel reply to comment. Tap on OK button and input your login password then you will back to the Task Scheduler window.

Right-click on the task and Run it. At times, few of computers would restart after entering sleep mode, especially for computers set auto start or shutdown. Here are two ways to address the issue. Turn it on next to Settings. Expand Allow awake timer and Enable it.