Originally Posted by Jarod

how to get rid of unwanted startup programs (my way)
click start then run... in the run dialog, type in msconfig and click ok
after msconfig has loaded, go to the startup tab, and uncheck anything you don't want to start automatically, click ok, reboot your computer, a small dialog saying something like:

you have changed settings with the microsoft configuration tool bla bla bla.

[] don't show this message again

so just check the checkbox (see above) and click ok. hope that answered your question.