Startup

[zack1234]

Where in Win7 do you disable programs that come on at start up please?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Where in Win7 do you disable programs that come on at start up please?

Orb -> run -> msconfig

But be vewwy vewwy careful on disabling services through msconfig - unlike services.msc it can't warn you when youre about to disable a critical service. Startup programs then again are usually safe to disable. You'll lose some control panel at most.

[Skuzzy]

If you go to the Cointrol Panel and select to view by the 'Small Icons' option (upper right corner), you can gain easy access back to all the control panel functions.

Adminisitrative Tools->Services will provide more information about what the service is and what impact it might have on other services.

Like Ripley stated, you should not be able to hurt anything disabling "Startup" programs, but you can do damage in the "Services" list.

[wabbit]

There is a Free program called 'Autoruns' that you might want to check out in lieu of msconfig.

 http://majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Autoruns_d4686.html

I prefer it over msconfig myself. Give it a try and see what you think.


Wabb

[Bizman]

CCleaner, besides being handy for removing temporary files and cleaning the Registry, has a tool in its Tools->Startup to either disable or permanently delete programs both in computer and browser startup. Good thing is that no system files are shown. Plus you don't have to reboot after modifications.

[bj229r]

Now that Windows 8 is out, I was hoping to get Win 7 cheaply....nope.....?

[Reschke]

Now that Windows 8 is out, I was hoping to get Win 7 cheaply....nope.....?

That is because they know that the vast majority of knowledgeable computer users and companies are going to be using Win7 until they come out with the next best OS after this latest iteration of Windows ME and Vista.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Now that Windows 8 is out, I was hoping to get Win 7 cheaply....nope.....?

You could have got Win8 for 40 bucks.

[Skuzzy]

You could have got Win8 for 40 bucks.

Like they say, no matter how cheap a paper weight is, it is still a paper weight.

Best to grab Windows 7, while you can still get it.

[Randy1]

Now that Windows 8 is out, I was hoping to get Win 7 cheaply....nope.....?

Newegg is offering a free downgrade to w7 on their computers.

 MS has a long linage of putting out one good product followed by a really bad one as far as the home user goes.  I assume they do this deliberately to maximize sales to fix bad products.
w3.1 good What was it just seven floppies to install?
w95 bad
w98 better
w98 SE good
Then a host of bad like 2000 ME and so on
wxp good
Then vista real bad
W7 good
w8 real bad

I think it is bill gates style to maximize sells.

[bj229r]

Like they say, no matter how cheap a paper weight is, it is still a paper weight.

Best to grab Windows 7, while you can still get it.

I'll prolly bite the bullet, and cough up the $100 ish they're asking for

[Bino]

Like they say, no matter how cheap a paper weight is, it is still a paper weight.

Best to grab Windows 7, while you can still get it.

If you want to replace your Windows 8 paper weight, you probably have a bit of time left.

According to this page, the Windows 7 "mainstream support end date" is still about two years away:

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=14019

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Like they say, no matter how cheap a paper weight is, it is still a paper weight.

Best to grab Windows 7, while you can still get it.

Win8 works flawlessly for me. Far from paper weight

[Bizman]

Newegg is offering a free downgrade to w7 on their computers.

 MS has a long linage of putting out one good product followed by a really bad one as far as the home user goes.  I assume they do this deliberately to maximize sales to fix bad products.
w3.1 good What was it just seven floppies to install?
w95 bad
w98 better
w98 SE good
Then a host of bad like 2000 ME and so on
wxp good
Then vista real bad
W7 good
w8 real bad

I think it is bill gates style to maximize sells.

Your timeline vs. version comparison is almost perfect. You didn't mention NT4, which was a good and stable version. 2000 (NT5) wasn't too bad either, but it wasn't intended for gaming. The 9# and NT product lines were joined together in XP, which actually is NT5.5, a combination of the workhorse stability of 2k and multimedia features of ME. And even XP wasn't too good until SP1, which had so many improvements that it could have been sold as a totally new version.

It seems like every second version is not so good, although it should be admitted that they introduce new features which get finalized in the next version and are appreciated thereafter.

[Skuzzy]

Win8 works flawlessly for me. Far from paper weight

You are right, the DVD is too light to be a paper weight.  Hmm,...give me some time to try and find a use for it, because as an operating system, it fails.

Too technical?