n. 1. A place of detention, especially for persons who are accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail or for persons who are serving short sentences after conviction of a misdemeanor. 2. Detention in a jail.
Windows Defender (included by default in Windows Vista/7) helps you inspect/manage your startup programs. 1  Open Windows Defender. 2  Click Tools, and then click Software Explorer. 3  In the Category list, select Startup Programs.  To list startup entries for the system, click Show for all 1  users. You can enable, disable or remove startup entries from there.
To bring up the MSCONFIG window, heed these steps: 1  Press Win+R to bring forth the Run dialog box. 2  Type MSCONFIG and press Enter. 3  In Windows Vista, click the Continue button or type the administratorâs password to proceed.  In the System Configuration Utility window, click the Startup tab. The Startup tab lists all the programs that Windows starts stealthily. Disable a start-up item by removing its check mark. Unless you know which item is causing the problem, remove one check mark at a time as a method of isolating the problem.