Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Click on the Startup Apps tab. Locate Microsoft Edge in the list. Right-click it and select Disable. This prevents Edge from automatically launching when ...

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Click the Startup Apps tab. Find Microsoft Teams in the list. Right-click it and select Disable. This stops Teams from launching when Windows starts.

To disable startup applications on Windows 11, open the Settings app and navigate to Apps > Startup, and click the toggle next to the app you want to disable. Windows 10 also provides options to ...

Tired of having Microsoft OneDrive run in the background and send you pesky alerts on your PC? Here's how to fully disable ...

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How to remove programs via the start menu Here’s how you can quickly uninstall a program right from the Windows 8 start menu. 1. Right click on the icon for the program you want to remove in the start ...

In 2016, Microsoft made a decision everyone had been dreading – serving ads directly to your Windows 10 operating system. At first, it was only a lockscreen advertisement for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" ...

Windows 11 Start menu includes a Recommended section (just below the Pinned apps) showing new apps, recently added files, most used items, etc. If you find it useful, you can keep it that way. Those ...

I own an entry-level, two year old Dell laptop* and am trying to speed it up as much as possible by eliminating any unnecessary software that runs in the background: using the task manager, I counted ...