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What is a good free 64-bit Windows 7 startup program software outdated Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel v2.8?



 
 
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Old October 3rd 18, 02:39 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.
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Old October 3rd 18, 03:04 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default What is a good free 64-bit Windows 7 startup program software outdated Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel v2.8?

On Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:39:27 -0500, (Ant) wrote:

Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


Autoruns is free, AFAIK, and shows far more than msconfig.

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Old October 3rd 18, 03:32 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default What is a good free 64-bit Windows 7 startup program software outdated Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel v2.8?

Ant wrote:

Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft)
AutoRuns
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns

It lists a hell of a lot more startup locations than either msconfig or
Lin's utility. Some are rather obtuse to most users, like LogonEvents
(programs loaded when you log into a Windows account). It also includes
Task Scheduler events which can be configured to run on startup or
login.
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Old October 3rd 18, 05:02 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default What is a good free 64-bit Windows 7 startup program software outdated Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel v2.8?

VanguardLH wrote:
Ant wrote:


Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft)
AutoRuns
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns


It lists a hell of a lot more startup locations than either msconfig or
Lin's utility. Some are rather obtuse to most users, like LogonEvents
(programs loaded when you log into a Windows account). It also includes
Task Scheduler events which can be configured to run on startup or
login.


Thanks. Way too much details. Crazy! Thanks.
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Old October 3rd 18, 12:32 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Ant wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Ant wrote:


Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft)
AutoRuns
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns


It lists a hell of a lot more startup locations than either msconfig or
Lin's utility. Some are rather obtuse to most users, like LogonEvents
(programs loaded when you log into a Windows account). It also includes
Task Scheduler events which can be configured to run on startup or
login.


Thanks. Way too much details. Crazy! Thanks.


Then stick with msconfig.exe which shows the typical startup locations
in its Startup tab.
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Old October 3rd 18, 03:10 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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on 10/3/2018, Ant supposed :
Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:39:27 -0500, (Ant) wrote:


Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


Autoruns is free, AFAIK, and shows far more than msconfig.


Thanks. Wow, that is very detailed! Maybe too much. Haha.


If that is too much info, have a look at this one:

Autorun Organizer 3.01

https://www.chemtable.com/autorun-organizer.htm

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Old October 4th 18, 04:19 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Zo wrote:
on 10/3/2018, Ant supposed :
Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:39:27 -0500, (Ant) wrote:


Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


Autoruns is free, AFAIK, and shows far more than msconfig.


Thanks. Wow, that is very detailed! Maybe too much. Haha.


If that is too much info, have a look at this one:


Autorun Organizer 3.01


https://www.chemtable.com/autorun-organizer.htm

Thanks. I like how it has benchmarks. That would be useful.
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Old October 8th 18, 01:18 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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"Ant" wrote in message
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Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.
--


This one seems to be very similar to Mike Lin's program:

https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB...-Starter.shtml
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Old October 8th 18, 04:24 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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SC Tom wrote:

Ant wrote...

Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me
reboot, show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be
free.


This one seems to be very similar to Mike Lin's program:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB...-Starter.shtml


Pretty old. Last published at Softpedia back on July 31, 2012 (over 6
years ago). The author's website doesn't exist anymore ("The Page
You've Requested Is From A Site That Has Been Permanently Removed"), so
I couldn't find out if this tool supported 64-bit Windows which was why
Lin's tool become obsolete. Per the screenshots, this tool is just as
limited as Lin's tool in not showing all the startup locations, just the
common or easy ones. No WinLogon Events, no task scheduler, no startup
or shutdown scripts per account, no shell extensions, no drivers, no
boot execute, ... not much.

SysInternals AutoRuns is not installed, just extracted from a .zip file,
so it qualifies as portable, and it supports 64-bit Windows and lists
all the startup methods.
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Old October 9th 18, 12:46 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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SC Tom wrote:

Ant wrote...

Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me
reboot, show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be
free.


This one seems to be very similar to Mike Lin's program:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB...-Starter.shtml


Pretty old. Last published at Softpedia back on July 31, 2012 (over 6
years ago). The author's website doesn't exist anymore ("The Page
You've Requested Is From A Site That Has Been Permanently Removed"), so
I couldn't find out if this tool supported 64-bit Windows which was why
Lin's tool become obsolete. Per the screenshots, this tool is just as
limited as Lin's tool in not showing all the startup locations, just the
common or easy ones. No WinLogon Events, no task scheduler, no startup
or shutdown scripts per account, no shell extensions, no drivers, no
boot execute, ... not much.

SysInternals AutoRuns is not installed, just extracted from a .zip file,
so it qualifies as portable, and it supports 64-bit Windows and lists
all the startup methods.


Don't know if it supports Win7 x64, but it works well in Win10 x64 (for what
it does).

I know how simple it is compared to Autoruns, but that's what the OP was
asking for. And it isn't an installation; just unzip the files to wherever
you want and run it. It's six files, and a Data folder, which looks like
it's mostly a bunch of language files.

I agree, it is very limited, but that's what some users like :-) Me, not so
much . . . I'll stick with Autoruns.
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Old October 9th 18, 05:55 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default What is a good free 64-bit Windows 7 startup program software outdated Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel v2.8?

Ant wrote:

Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel doesn't seem to show everything like
msconfig.exe, but I don't like that program since it makes me reboot,
show duplicates that get readded, etc. Also, it needs to be free.


msconfig does not make you reboot. It's your choice. Changes you make
using msconfig, Lin's tool, AutoRuns, or whatever tweaker you like have
no effect in the current Windows session. You already loaded Windows
and already logged in, so all those startup locations already got used
but have no effect while you are logged in. After all, they are all
*startup* locations. You can obviously kill any process currently
running that was a startup program (unless it protects itself - but if
it has decent self-protection then it won't let you delete its startup
item or it will reinstate it). A reboot is only needed if you have no
clue how to kill the startup programs already started and instead use a
reboot to remove them (because their startup item got disabled/removed).

https://www.bleepstatic.com/tutorial...fig-reboot.jpg

You can exit msconfig (after making changes) without a reboot. Nothing
you edit has an immediate effect. Those are *startup* locations. You
reboot to effect the changes you made in msconfig, but by the time you
can run msconfig then the startup programs have already loaded. You're
using msconfig to affect whenever you *next* load Windows and login.
You can do that now or later.
 




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