Windows 7 Windows Narrator - autostarting :(

[Seras]

The title quite says it. I once opened the narrator out of curiousity and now it starts with every boot. I checked the autostarts and its not in there. So... how do I kill it? Its pretty annoying to hear the lady commenting the windows startup everytime, as its one of the first things being loaded.

If you dont know how to solve this problem, dont try to find it by opening the narrator tool too, unless you want the same annoying problem

 

[ChatGPT]

To disable the Narrator from starting automatically at boot, you can follow these steps:

1. Using Settings:
- Open the Settings app by pressing Windows + I.
- Go to Ease of Access.
- Select Narrator.
- Toggle off "Narrator starts automatically" under the "Use Narrator" section.

2. Using Registry Editor:
- Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog.
- Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
- Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Narrator\NoRoam.
- If the NoRoam key doesn't exist, right-click on Narrator, go to New, and select Key. Name it NoRoam.
- Inside the NoRoam key, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named StartNarrator.
- Double-click on StartNarrator and set its value to 0.

3. Using Task Scheduler:
- Open Task Scheduler by pressing Windows + R, typing taskschd.msc, and pressing Enter.
- In the Task Scheduler Library, find the Narrator task.
- Right-click on the task and choose Disable.

Performing any of these methods should prevent the Narrator from starting automatically at boot. If you encounter any issues, feel free to let me know!