Possibly a dumb question

[Jon_in_london]

but how can I stop Win98 from opening up abound three dozens applications on startup (you know, in the systray next to the clock)?

Its a shared PC at work and its now getting so jammed up from various people adding various things that its beoming impossibly slow.

Thanks.

[Zep]

Gee wizz. How many more times...

GET A REAL OS INSTEAD! WIN98 is NOT A REAL OS! ERGO YOU HAVE LITTLE REAL CONTROL OVER IT.

Seriously! You will wonder why you didn't change sooner.

[LuxFerum]

run msconfig and then zazzz :D

[Skeptoid]

Now that the obligatory anti-Microsoft diatribe has been presented as advice for a user who has no control over the OS his employer has installed on the machine in his workplace...

Try using Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel (http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml).

[Zep]

Originally posted by Skeptoid
Now that the obligatory anti-Microsoft diatribe has been presented as advice for a user who has no control over the OS his employer has installed on the machine in his workplace...

Try using Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel (http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml). I know - saw that. It's not anti-MS diatribe that I spout, it's a plea to move away from a DOS-based fancy file loader with more bugs than code.

I would suggest an upgrade to Win2K - it looks like Win98, and at the very least it allows multiple users to define their own little worlds that can be reasonably managed by a junior administrator. Even on a standalone PC.

All the other more esoteric advantages come with it - more efficient OS, more stability, better management tools, good networking, etc, etc. Win2k is a pretty solid bit of work, really. I have few complaints about it on the work desktop.

[Brown]

I have concluded that the answer to every question that begins:

"How can I stop a Microsoft product from..."

is

"You can't."

[Soapy Sam]

On 98SE, simply using MSCONFIG to get rid of most of the startup junk you don't need can save you a couple of minutes per bootup.
Go into control panel and turn off the clock too. You have a watch, right? Then disable all screensavers , themes and wallpaper.

You may be surprised how much more memory your machine has to run with.

[FFed]

Also check to make sure there are no shortcuts in the startup folder in your start/programs menu.
You can check what is running by doing the control/alt/delete. All that is needed is explorer and systray.