As Brian indicated it does not put things in your startup group. Are you referring to the start menu? -ed. -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Lepofsky Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:11 AM To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] start up group I just installed JSay version 5. I understand that it put several programs into my startup group, including Microsoft Word, Outlook and possibly Internet Explorer. I do not want these in my startup group. If I go into the startup group and remove them, will this cause any software problems for JSay?