Remove a startup application

If you have an application that runs every time you start Windows and want to remove it first look in the Start up folder, normally C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

Then navigate to on of these locations, find the application name you want to stop running and delete it.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]

 Be careful not to delete something you might need to run.