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Re: [vox-tech] windows support, unfortunately
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Re: [vox-tech] windows support, unfortunately



On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:38:17PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> I only recently noticed the "Startup" menu in my literally-screen-sized
> insanity of an "All Programs" menu in XP.  (WhereTF is the categorization?
> I am VERY glad I don't get this kind of crap under KDE! >:^( )
> 
> I went in there and took a few items out.  No idea how much of an improvement
> it's been, though.

There's quite a few more ways a program can start besides from the
Startup menu.  Launch `msconfig` and disable anything you know you don't
want.  Doing that might have some side-effects... still looking into
that myself.

-Mark

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