-=PCTechTalk=- Re: How do I find the start up programs?

  • From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:59:50 -0700

Hi Cristy,
here are a couple of sites with list of programs/applications that may be=
 running;
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/services.htm

Here is MajorGeeks copy of BlackVipers start up list; 
one of the best in my opinion;
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=3D12

I have 60 to 70 running processes in XP pro with 512meg of ram.

Mike ~ one of the Moderators
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On 8/6/2005 at 10:35 PM cristy wrote:

Hi,

I am having a problem on my "newer" computer the Dell.  Basically seems its=
 
been this way since I have had it for less than a year.  Every program I 
seem to open, opens sooo slowly it drives me insane and sometimes the hour 
glass thing hangs and I have to end it.  It happens on my microsoft word 
documents, my photo LE Suite program, even sometimes like opening a folder 
in a directory.  I was thinking that something must be hogging my memory or=
 
something maybe.  I did the cntl, alt , delte and 46-47 processes are 
running.  Is there a way for me to see what programs are starting up when I=
 
cut the computer on and perhaps what I can rid of to speed up my computer? 
I have I think about 512 mg memory, something like that.

thanks,
cristy



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