Generating a list and emailing them could save you a lot of time and prevent someone from having to connect remotely to your computer, which I never prefer since I don’t trust anyone else having access to my computer. That way, if your computer is running slow later on, you can always go back to MSCONFIG and uncheck anything that wasn’t originally listed.Īlso, there are times when technical support may request a list of startup programs in order to diagnose an issue with your computer. One recommendation I always give is to make a list of all of the startup programs enabled while your computer is running normally. Knowing which programs run at startup can be very useful for debugging all sorts of performance issues related to your PC.