How to Remove Unnecessary Programs from Startup Thanks to T.B. for reminding us that another thing that can slow down XP is having two many programs running in the background. Take a look in the notification area (Microsoft's term in XP for what we used to call the system tray) after you boot and notice all the icons there that represent programs that launch at startup. There are a couple of ways to stop programs from loading at startup. In Windows Explorer, go to Documents and Settings on the partition where Windows is installed, click the folder with your user name, click Start Menu, then Programs, then Startup. This will show programs specific to your account that start when you boot. Then go to the All Users folder, Start Menu, Programs, Startup to see programs that start at boot time for all users. You can right click to delete the shortcuts, which will prevent the program from starting at startup. These are only shortcuts and will not delete the programs themselves. Another way is to click Start, Run and type msconfig. Click the Startup tab and you can view programs that are set in the Registry to run at startup. You can uncheck the checkbox for each program that you want to prevent from launching at startup. from XP mail posted by Yee 10:06 PM . . .
