how do i remove items from startup without administrative privilage

[the.kaushik]

how do i remove items from startup without administrative privilage?I tried to remove using msconfig!

[Gigacore]

right click on start button then click open > programs > startup

[the.kaushik]

those will show only applications which are on startup but services wont be there like update, msn messanger, some other craps etc

[Pathik]

Nope u cant.. without some trick..

[nikkyan]

I am using a freeware software "AIV Startup Protector"
It can be downloaded from
http://www.aivsoft.com/downloads

It allows you to remove the startup entries very easily.