January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 43m
English
Some wireless configuration and control programs automatically try to load every time you start your computer. Running the wireless programs at startup is fine for a desktop computer that uses them to connect to a LAN all the time, but it makes less sense on a laptop computer that often operates without a wireless network connection.
To remove the autostart function, follow these steps:
From the Start menu in Windows, choose Run.
Type msconfig in the Open field and click the OK button.
Select the Startup tab to display a list of programs that automatically run every time you start Windows.
Find the entry in the list for the wireless configuration program, and remove the checkmark ...