On 5 Jul 2004 at 7:43, Douglas Harrison wrote: > Marie, > As I have not seen any replies from the experts on the list, may I suggest > using the > Start up page in MSCOnfig, reached by typing MSConfig in a Run dialogue as in 98 or > ME. > You might also like to visit > www.mlin.net > where there is a free Start up Manager which I find quite useful. > With regard to what needs to run at boot up, I certainly would not like to give a > dogmatic answer. Some items are obviously needed, but with others Cautious trials > one item at a time have been my approach! Hi, You could try looking at http://www.answersthatwork.com/home_page.htm I have used this and it seemed to work for me but on your head be it should you wreck something. > > > Hope this helps, > > > Douglas > > On 4 Jul 2004 at 12:16, marie baisez wrote: > > > Where do I disable the opening of applications automatically as Windows > > starts in Win xp home edition and most important of all, what must be > > there at start-up for the system to run smoothly but not take ages to boot > > up? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Cheers now, > > > > Marie > > > > -- > > Douglas Harrison > > > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq Keith - - Keith Barrett gw4nby Bridgend South Wales ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq