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Below are the steps you need to take in order to stop selected programs from starting when you boot your system.

1.    Select your "Start" menu from the lower left side of your screen.
   
   
2.    Once this opens, select "run..."
   
   
3.    When that opens, type into the box in lower case "msconfig" and click "OK"
   
   
4.    Once that opens, you will have numerous tabs on the top of the box that opens.
   
   
5.    Select the "Startup" tab.
   
   
6.    Once that opens, you will see which programs you have that are selected to start on boot-up.
   
   
7.    Read them carefully and uncheck the ones you do not want to start on boot-up.
   
   
8.    Once you have made your selections (reconfigurations), click "Apply", then "OK"
   
   
9.    You will probably get a prompt that for the changes you have made to take effect, you need to restart your system.
   
   
10.    Once you restart your system, you will get a dialog box appearing. Be sure you select;
    
    "Don't show this message or launch System Configuration Utility when Windows start",
    
    
11.    Then click "OK". If you don't, every time you boot your system, you will get that dialog box appearing.