In the Show Contents dialog box, select a program to disable and then click Remove. ■ To selectively disable individual programs that are listed in the computer-specific or user-specific policy, click Show. ■ To disable all startup applications configured by that policy, click Disabled. Double-click Run These Programs At User Logon, which is a Group Policy setting. Within either Computer Configuration (for computer-wide startup applications) or User Configuration (for user-specific startup applications), expand Policies, expand Administrative Templates, expand System, and then click Logon.ģ. Click Start, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK. To disable startup applications by using the Group Policy Management Editor snap-in, follow these steps:ġ.
Before modifying domain Group Policy settings, you should follow the steps described later in this section to disconnect the computer you are troubleshooting from the network to determine whether the problem is related to domain Group Policy settings. Group Policy objects (GPOs) are frequently applied within AD DS domains, in which case you need to connect to the domain to edit the appropriate policy. Local Group Policy can be applied to computers, in which case you need to edit the Group Policy settings on the computer that you are troubleshooting. You can use the Group Policy snap-in to disable applications that run at startup.
