Using Windows Vista or Windows 7

• 1). Click the Windows "Start" button.
  
  
• 2). Type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) into the search box, and then press the "Enter" key to launch the System Configuration utility.
  
  
• 3). Click "Continue," or supply the administrator username and password, when prompted to confirm your choice by Windows.
  
  
• 4). Select the "Startup" tab.
  
  
• 5). Uncheck the box next to the name of any startup task that you want to prevent from starting automatically. Click the "Disable all" button to uncheck all tasks at once.
  
  
• 6). Click "OK," and then click either "Restart" or "Exit without restart" when prompted by the System Configuration utility. In either case, your changes will take effect the next time you start Windows.
  
  

Using Windows XP or Earlier

• 1). Click the Windows "Start" button and select "Run."
  
  
• 2). Type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the "Open" field and click "OK" to launch the System Configuration utility.
  
  
• 3). Select the "Startup" tab.
  
  
• 4). Uncheck the box next to the name of any startup task that you want to prevent from starting automatically. Click the "Disable all" button to uncheck all tasks at once.
  
  
• 5). Click "OK," and then click either "Restart" or "Exit without restart" when prompted by the System Configuration utility. In either case, your changes will take effect the next time you start Windows.