HI Judith, Im sure I could be wrong, but would it not tell you if you go to start, run, type in msconfig, and click on start up? just a guess on my part christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:21 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Start >I knew this on Win 98 but dang if I can find in Win XP Home. > > How do I find out what programs start up when Win is first > turned on -- in other words what is running in the background so > they can be changed. > > My daughter wants to know this and I thought I knew but dang I > don't. I checked help but I am not asking the right thing I > guess. Her machine is really slow booting up and she wants to > remove stuff in start-up menu to the minimum. > > Win 98 -- all I had to do was press Ctrl, Alt, Del but not in > Win XP. > > Judith > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/