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BYPASSING YOUR STARTUP PROGRAMS
Many people have one or more programs that automatically
start up when they turn their computer on. Shortcuts to
the program(s) involved are kept in this folder:
WINDOWS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP. Sometimes you might
not want to run these programs when you first turn on the
computer, for example, when you are troubleshooting a
faulty boot sequence. One way of doing this is to use
Explorer or My Computer to remove the list of program
shortcuts from that StartUp folder. Or, much quicker and
easier is to leave the list alone, but to just press the
Ctrl key as your system boots up. You have to be sure
that it is pressed as soon as you see the Windows
hourglass icon appear on your screen, and keep it pressed
until Windows is all finished with its starting up tasks.
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