Older versions of Windows like XP had the Task Manager available, but killing a program often resulted in that program coming back again, and stopping an item from starting up was also a pain. You should leave that for you V.I.P.’s only (as in very important programs.) To help keep your computer running smoothly and limit the amount of programs taking advantage of your computer, you’ll want to check out what items are set to start up automatically every so often and remove anything that you don’t think deserves your computer’s attention to be on the valuable startup items list. It’s another one of those cases where it’s great for them but not necessarily so great for you if it’s a program you don’t use very often. It tends to result in more people using the programs that way for them which is why they do it most of the time. The more you use your computer, the more likely you are to start developing slower loading times because programs like to add themselves to this list of items that will start up when your computer does so they run automatically. Microsoft has gotten better at choosing startup items over time, and that is also a reason for quicker OS loading times. The more items that start up when you boot the computer and log into your accounts, the longer it takes to finish loading and be a usable operating system for you to do things like browsing the interweb. There are some geeky reasons why that is that we won’t go into here because they aren’t that relevant to startup item, but there is also another reason that we will touch on briefly that is.

Part of what makes a newer operating system even better than the last version-i.e., what makes Windows 10 better than something like Windows 8 or 7-is that the amount of time it takes to boot up the operating system, so you get to log in and start using the computer quicker.

Those people are saying the same thing as we are in this guide about items, but just choosing to use different terminology. You might hear some people talk about disabling or enabling startup programs if you keep your ears open long enough. A startup item is anything on your operating system that gets classified as an item-like an application or drive, for example-that begin running when you turn on the computer and sign into your accounts without you having chosen to run that item.

Mac startup programs manager