If you’re having trouble getting an application to start up in Windows Vista, there are a few things you can do to try and fix the problem. First, make sure that the application is installed in the correct location. If it’s not, you can try to move it. You can also try disabling startup programs altogether by going to Start > Programs and selecting all of the applications that you want to disable, and then clicking on the “Disable” button next to their names. ..
To quickly get to this panel, you can open Control Panel, and then type “startup” into the search box. The link for “Stop a program from running at startup” shows up immediately. You could have also opened Windows Defender and fooled around with the menus until you find the right spot, but this seems quicker to me.
Now you can see the Windows Defender screen that lets you manage the startup programs.
You can choose to Remove or just Disable any startup item using this panel, as well as lots of other useful information so that you can see what each item is.
