Last Friday I was looking for a Windows Task Manager that would give more info than the standard one, and found this:
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/index.html
I was surprised to see all sorts of programs running that I had never opened during the current session.
Today to go further and started with the Wikipedia article on Microsoft Windows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows
My immediate interest is in preventing the automatic startup of unnecessary programs, so I looked at the Windows Startup Process:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Startup_Process
For Windows NT it says:
"There are several programs that let the user control which programs automatically start when a Windows NT system logs on, including StartU, OSAM: Autorun Manager and Autoruns."
The StartU link is broken. "OSAM: Autorun Manager" is here:
http://www.online-solutions.ru/en/osam_autorun_manager.php
I downloaded and installed this, but it seems difficult to use.
"Autoruns" is available on the TechNet website:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
The above page notably says:
"Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP."
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