----- Original Message ----- From: Donnymacco Hi All I have Win XP Home and suddenly whenever I start the computer note pad appears and I have to get rid of it. Is there a way to stop it starting until I want to use it please? Thank you Don Mackey Hi Don ... easiest way is to do a search for startup on your C drive. You will probably get 4-5 responses ... look for the ones in the C:\Documents and settings \..... folder. Double click on the file startup and see if Notepad is in there. If so, highlight it and delete it. You may need to do that in more than one of those files. If not there, repost, and I will tell you how to open msconfig to see if it somehow got in there. Howard