Windows Tips

Auto-Login Your Windows 7 User Account

1. Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to launch the “Run” dialog box.

2. Type in "control userpasswords2". Press Enter.

3. The User Accounts window will display.

4. Uncheck the option “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer”. Click “OK”

5. You will then be prompted to enter the current password and confirm it.

6. After doing so, you will no longer be prompted to enter your password upon login.

Disable Index Searching in Windows Explorer

1. Go to "Control Panel". "Program and features".

2. In the left panel, click on the "Turn Windows features on or off".

Auto Expand Navi pane

1. At "My Computer", Press Alt. Choose "Tools". "Folder Option...".

2. Under "General", "Navigation Pane", Tick "Automatically expand to current folder".

Disable Auto Start Up Program

Msconfig

Most Windows users can use the msconfig utility to disable startup programs in the systemin.ini, win.ini, boot.ini, services, and the startup by following steps.

    Click Start, Run.

    Type msconfig

Uncheck each of the programs you wish to disable from Startup in the startup tab or other tabs.

Windows Startup

To check to see if the program you wish to be removed is loading in the Windows Startup, follow the below steps.

    Click Start, Programs, Startup

Right-click the program and click delete to delete this automatically from your startup menu.

Windows Registry

The Windows registry is another common location to locate programs loading up automatically. Follow the below steps.

    Click Start, Run, and type regedit and press enter.

    Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

    Click Software

    Click Microsoft

    Click Windows

    Click Current Version

    Click Run

Within the Run folder you should be able to locate the program. Once located, highlight the file and press delete.

Once deleted, exit out of the registry and reboot the computer.

Windows Services

Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP can also automatically load a program through the Windows services.

Follow the below steps to check the services currently setup on your computer.

Note: User must have administrative rights to perform the below steps.

    Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.

    Open the Administrative Tools and click Services.

    Locate the service you wish to disable and double-click that service.

    Change the Startup type from automatic to disabled.

Windows win.ini

The win.ini, like most initialization files, can cause issues with the computer if not edited correctly.

Follow the below steps for instructions on how to remove programs from the win.ini.

    Click Start, Run, and type win.ini

Towards the top of the document you should see a run= line.

Verify that nothing similar to the program that is loading at startup is after run= line.

If this line appears to contain a command line pointing to the program that you are experiencing the issue with, delete everything after run=..