Other than msconfig. Try start up manager, available at the JFW site: www.jfwlite.com Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Barrett" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 8:28 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: applications opened at start-up > 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! > Interestingly, msconfig does not seem to work on my win 2000 system. > > On this, you get there via control panel - administrative tools e.t.c. > > Are you saying you can still use msconfig with your xp system? > > > > > > > > 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 > > ** 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