Comments
Read the article that everyone's commenting on.
Subscribe to the RSS Feed for comments on this article.
Anoher excellent tool is HijackThis!.
Posted by: Curtis at April 24, 2006 12:06 AMThe "problem" with HijackThis (which I agree is an excellent tool) is that it's perhaps the geekiest of all. It really takes someone familiar with it to interpre the results. That being said, there is a support forum for exactly that. This link will take you the site providing HijackThis: http://ask-leo.com/d-hijackthis
Posted by: Leo at April 24, 2006 10:13 AMHi, I just discovered your site and it's helped me already. I tried a quick search on your archive but didn't find an answer.
I'm cleaning out programs and came across wildtangent web driver. Wildtanget may have come with this new (11/05) Dell XPmedia edition.
Specific question: Can I delete Wildtangent safely?
This program has web accessibility according to my Norton Firewall. A Google search suggests it's unnecessary or suspicious. As I tried to remove (using add/remove), the message warned it's a media player that runs Wildtangent and Dell games. I don't do games but hate to eliminate all possibilities for someone else in the future.
A general question: Are these various media players redundant? Won't programs such as Real or the Windows component do the same job?
Thank you
Posted by: Terry at April 26, 2006 12:35 PMSorry I think I goofed by posting a question here? Duh!!
Posted by: Terry at April 26, 2006 12:42 PMI have everything "unchecked" in the msconfig list. Everything works fine on my machine. Anything that is NEEDED by the machine (in my situation "nvidea" stuff), are automatically "checked" (re-started) when the machine starts up again anyway - so I leave them alone. The msconfig stuff is just "luxury" processes anyway - nothing critical.
Posted by: Carl G. at April 28, 2006 6:33 PMTry Pcpitstop.com
Posted by: Thomas at April 28, 2006 7:18 PMHi, I have removed all but "systray" or something simular on all my computers without any problems, so far. I don't know how much faster it makes my computer, but it has not hurt any of them yet.
Posted by: Lyman Layton at April 28, 2006 8:02 PMvendor "WILD TANGET" = (Data Miner)?????
Posted by: ALEX at August 27, 2006 12:03 PMWin Patrol is a step up from msconfig and it is free. The program identifies and monitors the association of every entry and offers suggestions regarding the selected item. Also, for a small fee, by contribution, you can upgrade to a more robust version. Have been a happy user for years.
Posted by: Emil S Kapcar at February 18, 2007 12:26 PMDon't forget:
Antivirus and protection tools also runs on startup.
If you disable them you may be opening several doors to virus, adware and spyware
Subscribe to the RSS Feed for comments on this article.
To post a comment on "What can I uncheck in MSCONFIG's Startup List?", please return to that article's main page.