Yes Adrien, in my opinion they are excellent utilities if using an XP system, but the last time I looked at the website it said that they had not been tried on Vista, which is a pity! Douglas On 27 May 2008 at 10:33, Adrien Collins wrote: > Hi > > I personally don't like using the msconfig, because of the > messages you mention. I found a really useful start up > utility and a start up monitor on the website below. The > start up utility either can be run just by clicking the > start up exe file file or you can install it and it sits in > the control panel and you can run it from there. You have > several different pages of start up options you can turn off > or on just by selecting them and you do this by using the > space bar. You can rotate through the various pages of > things you can turn off by using ctrl tab. Have a look, it > is really good. I use hal screen reader and the start up > utility is very accessible. > > The start up monitor alerts you if something is trying to > run or change your registry, i.e. if you install a new > program, it will ask you if you want such and such to run on > system start up. You just press yes or no. > > http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml > > Regards > > Adrien > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq