[Shekka]

You could try holding the shift key down. I have done this before. Here is a link from Microsoft that talks about it.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-xp/help/setup/how-to-fix-computer-that-will-not-start#

Hope this helps.

 

[Shekka]

So did that help for what you were looking for?

If so please mark this thread as solved.

Thanks


Shekka

 

[Shekka]

I know in the link that it mostly talks about a system that won't startup, however in the first link it tells you that by pressing the shift key just before the login screen you can stop the startup apps from loading.

On a side note, If you which program you want to stop from loading ( for test purposes) what about taking the link out of the startup and then just have a desktop icon that you can drag into the windows startup folder in the start menu?
Or make a bat file that loads the program with a delay so that it loads up after everything else is up still giving you time to stop the program from running?