Utorrent Startup Disable

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HavingWindows startup programs launch automatically is convenient if you use them daily. If not, they can drain system resources. The more startup items you have, the longer it takes for Windows to boot up, the slower your machine runs, and the more likely it is that your computer overheats or experiences other performance issues.

Windows 11 is the latest version of the Windows operating system, and although it has a slightly different interface than previous versions of Windows, startup programs can be configured both via Windows Settings and the Task Manager.

One advantage of using Task Manager is that you can sort Windows 10 startup programs by impact and quickly identify which programs consume the most resources. As well as changing startup programs you never or rarely use, making sure you have the latest version of Windows 10 will help to ensure smooth, speedy startups. To update to Windows 11, you may need to find your Windows 10 product key.

After disabling unnecessary startup programs, your Vista, XP, or Windows 7 startup should be noticeably faster. If problems persist, you may have a larger issue like a malware infection, because Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 7 with security updates. In that case, take steps to remove viruses or malware from your computer.

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When starting up my computer and logging in to the user account, I do NOT want Dropbox to be starting, at all. The files Dropbox needs are not even accessible unless I as the user take a particular step to unlock them. If I want to, I can unlock the files and THEN manually start Dropbox. I understand that no syncing will happen until after Dropbox is manually started.

In Task Scheduler, the "DropboxUpdateTaskMachineCore" task has had the log on trigger removed, the user changed to the local account and "Run only when the user is logged on" instead of "Run whether user is logged on or not" selected.

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As noted in the initial post, unchecking the box to start on system startup does NOT stop Dropbox from presenting this "Couldn't start Dropbox" error. Clearly, Dropbox is doing other things to try to start itself up. I even see it flash briefly in Background Processes when I have Task Manager up, before the error. I found some sources where Dropbox appeared to be trying to do something on login, and disabled those also as noted above, but apparently am still missing something.

I agree that this one checkbox SHOULD be enough, and am significantly concerned about Dropbox's security and ethics that it is not, but I would like to find out how to actually and completely disable Dropbox on startup.

There has only ever been one Dropbox account connected with that installation on that computer. There have never been any other installations of Dropbox on that computer and there are no other Dropbox users sharing the machine, nor has Dropbox been installed from any other user accounts on the same machine.

The log contains private data, so I do not wish to post it here. It explains what files Dropbox is trying to access when getting a permissions error, and could be helpful in diagnosing the permissions error, but I don't need help on that. I know why it's getting the permissions error, and that lack of permissions is intentional. What I don't know is why Dropbox is trying to start up at all. Inspecting the file, I find no stack trace or other information indicating what is starting Dropbox or why it is trying to start up.

Even with the "Start Dropbox on system startup" setting UNCHECKED, Dropbox still had three services starting. Even with those services disabled, Dropbox still had tasks in Task Manager triggered by user login and at specific times. Even disabling the trigger in Task Manager, Dropbox apparently has some third way of automatically overriding user preferences to be starting something, even if what it starts is not meant to be visible to the user. These overrides are not accidental. They show what a charade the idea of user control is.

This behavior is in direct contradiction to the user setting and the application's communication to the user about how it will behave. In my view, this is as serious as Dropbox violating its published privacy policy and should be treated similarly by the regulatory authorities. This is also a red flag for cybersecurity and machine control. Until ALL the automatic user-preference overrides are fixed, I will recommend that security-conscious users avoid using Dropbox.

Finally, if the user login session for this Dropbox Forum website has timed out, attempting to click Reply after investing time in a carefully worded polite response causes that entire time and effort to be discarded without warning, returning to a login page with a temporary error message "Please sign in or register to access this page." That is rather frustrating. I recommend changing that so that the Reply button is disabled until after login, so less time and effort will be wasted and users might be less frustrated in responding.

The more software you install on your computer, the longer it may seem to take to start up Windows. Many programs add themselves to the list of programs started when you boot your computer, and that list can get long. Here's how you can disable startup programs in Windows.

If you're running a modern version of Windows 10, there's a Startup Apps management panel that makes it super easy to disable startup programs. Just open up the Settings app, and then search for "Startup", and open up the Startup Apps panel.

Windows 10, like Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 before it, makes it really simple to disable startup applications. All you have to do is open up Task Manager by right-clicking on the taskbar or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. Click "More Details," switch to the Startup tab, select an application, then click the Disable button.

It's smart to have some programs start with Windows, such as anti-virus and firewall software. However, for most programs, starting them at boot-up just wastes resources and extends startup time. There is a tool installed with Windows, called MSConfig, that allows you to quickly and easily see what's running at startup and disable the programs you prefer to run on our own after startup as needed. This tool is available and can be used to disable startup programs in Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

MSConfig can be used to configure several things other than just startup programs, so be careful what you do with it. If you're not sure about using it, just follow the steps in this article and you should be fine.

To run MSConfig, open the Start menu and type "msconfig.exe" (without the quotes) in the Search box. As you type, results display. When you see "msconfig.exe," click on it or press Enter, if it is highlighted.

Click the Startup tab on the System Configuration main window. A list of all the startup programs displays with a check box next to each one. To prevent a program from starting up with Windows, select the check box next to the desired program so there is NO check mark in the box. Click OK once you have made your choices.

A dialog box displays, telling you that you may need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Click "Restart" to restart your computer immediately. If are not ready to restart your computer, click "Exit without restart."

Note that some applications need to be configured to stop launching themselves when the computer boots or they will just add themselves to the list of startup programs again. In this case, there is usually a setting in a program's options to prevent it from starting with Windows.

Hi there, I've already searched the forum, and the internet, but couldn't find any useful answers. I don't want logmein to start every time I start windows. I tried to disable it under the "startup" tab in task manager. I've also taken a look at the services, and nothing logmein related is there.

As I mentioned in my first e-mail, I've already tried those. Logmein is not listed in either one of those options. Either they are using a different name to prevent people from disabling the startup, or something else is going on.

So I just updated to the latest ccleaner and when I went to try to disable some things from startup that popped up from new updates/installs I got this error message failed to enable/disable startup item:access is denied.

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