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/