How do I remove unwanted startup programs from Win XP Pro System Tray?

Start>Run>MSCONFIG>Startup Tab> and select only what you want to startup.

Be careful though, a lot of this stuff isn’t named exactly the application name so remember what you shut off so if you need to turn something back on you can.

Autoruns is an excellent little program for taking control of what starts on launch.

When you buy a printer/camera/external drive/router…pretty much any piece of hardware…do not install the software!!

Chances are your computer handles it just fine.

You can backtrack and uninstall software for your printer/camera/external drive/router/etc and then install only as needed.

So you could got

Windows key + R (or Run) + msconfig + click on startup tab. Pay attention not to hit save with restart, unless you do want to restart :)

You may also want to check the services tab, for software that registers as a service and not as a startup registry call.

@jaytkay & @phoebusg Thanks. I got the systray under reasonable control, but still can’t figure out why stickykeys is on upon launch. I searched GOogle, and founf a recommendation to go into Control Panel >> Accessibility Options and if it isn’t checked, check it, save, then come back in and uncheck it—as it sometimes gets stuck on. I haven’t rebooted yet to see if that did the trick. THe odd thing is I never went in there and checked it to begin with, and it was not checked when I opened that window.

I don’t always know what programs do, or if they are necessary so I like to use this:

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

@Sweetpea Outstanding resource. Thanks for the link.

@ETpro You are most welcome. I found the link a few years back on the Kim Kamando show! I have used it many times on many computers. Hope you like it.