Hi listers, I am using XP SP2 and I wanted to share with you something I found when I was in MS Config trying to decide what to have run at start-up. When I was going through the list of things that run at start-up, I unchecked one item and got the following message: System Configuration Utility Essential services cannot be disabled. Doing so might prevent Windows from running on your computer. Don't show this message in the future This proved to be a very helpful little window. So, for what it's worth, I am going to try unchecking most of the things I don't recognize, and now I feel better because XP will warn me if I am trying to disable a critical item. HTH Norma -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx