How To Remove Windows Startup Programs & Speed Up Startup

Using the Windows Registry Editor, you can remove computer programs and possibly viruses that automatically startup when Windows starts.

To Start the Registry Editor, do the following
Start Button then Type "regedit" (minus the quotation marks) in the "Search programs and files" field.

In the Registry Editor, go to the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

In the right side of the Registry Editor, you can remove any program so it doesn't automatically startup when the current user logs into Windows.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

In the right side of the Registry Editor, you can remove any program so it doesn't automatically startup when the computer starts up.