There may be, I think the best thing is to list absolutely everything. I know I have similar problem and I have asked vrious Tech Savi people, some have helped with illiminating some and others they have been unsure what they do. I use TuneUp Utilities to sort mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: Niamh To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:19 PM Subject: [access-uk] Start up too many programs When my computer starts it seems to load a million programmes. I would just like it to load Jaws, email, internet, drop and radio downloader. Is it safe to untick everything else or are there programs I NEED AND HAVEN'T LISTED? I AM thinking of administrative or programmes which make the computer function. Sorry if I am not being very clear, horrible work day and the IT expert here just hates all access technology. Niamh