Techie Problems

[Rock Charogne]

I'm running Windows XP - I have a number of programs which start up automatically on startup which are redundant eg an ISDN monitor (I don't have ISDN). Further if I try to remove them in Control Panel/Add or Remove software they don't show up in the list - nor do they show up in the "Startup Directory"

Does anyone know:

1. How I can find them to remove them and
2. How I can stop them loading on Startup ?

TIA

Rock

[Lizard]

You can also use winpatrol to stop and disable programmes, it,s free as well

[Rock Charogne]

Thanks Guys - I've tried the uninstallability - but w/o success - I'll try Winpatrol!!!

Rock

[Takezho]

How to use MSCONFIG
=> about half way down this page, it shows how to stop XP loading programs at startup (with screenshoots).

[Rock Charogne]

Thanks Guys - winpatrol has nearly done it.

I still get a mysterious message which says "File MDATA.DAT not found" - when I boot - it goes away when I click it - but if anyone has any ideas...................

Rock

[Takezho]

according to this thread Mdata.dat, it's about a missing mouse driver (lost after installation/reinstall)

"its actually a mouse thats been uninstalled so reinstall the drivers and this solves the problem"