Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 97 3. From the Startup tab, select a program in the list, and right-click and choose the Disable button to prevent the program from loading, as shown. In older versions of Windows, uncheck the check box for a service to disable it. 4. Close the Task Manager and the System Configuration utility. 5. Enter task scheduler in the Windows search bar. Select the Task Scheduler application in the search results. 6. The initial view is a dashboard that allows you to view information on tasks, including recently run tasks. How many tasks ran in the last 24 hours? The last hour? 7. Click Action Display All Running Tasks in the pull-down menu. A new window is displayed that shows all tasks currently running. Click the Close button after viewing the tasks. Select a service High impact may slow the system Click to disable the service Goodheart-Willcox Publisher