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May 23 2025

How To Get Notified When Apps Are Added To Auto-Start

It’s a fact of life that many software developers, including Microsoft, like to have their programs start up with Windows. In many cases, this is totally unnecessary and these programs can easily be accessed manually. Windows 11 users can now choose to be notified whenever […]

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May 31 2013

How To: Disable Startup Programs in Windows 8

By Jim Hillier / 3 Comments

Whenever I am called out to a client’s machine which is running very slowly, one of the first things I check out is the list of programs auto-starting with Windows. It seems to be a pretty common practice these days for software developers to include auto-starting in their products.

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