Some apps launch with Windows without ever appearing in Task Manager’s startup tab.

Apps adding themselves to Startup on Windows never fail to irritate me. Like, yes, I've installed the program, but that doesn't mean I want you to launch each and every time I turn my PC on. There are ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You can control which apps and processes automatically start up with your computer. You can control which apps ...

A freshly installed system starts up quickly and responds swiftly. A few updates and new software installations later, however, Windows seems to become slower and slower. There are several ways to ...

If your Windows laptop is lagging, you can speed it up by disabling unnecessary startup programs, uninstalling unused apps, clearing temp files, performing a disk cleanup, updating Windows and drivers ...

Do you remember the good old msconfig? Yes, you can still use it on Windows 11, and here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Do you have any idea how many programs are running on your systems without your knowledge? Using msconfig, you'll know. You'll also see that by shutting down many of these unneccessary programs, your ...