Hi all,
I am trying to help my mum with her PC which is running Windows XP. The PC is so full of programs as my MUM is not nery literate and my younger brother and sister also use it. It takes about 15 minutes to start up when you turn it on and I thought that some of that myay be caused by the fact that she has a lot of programs that boot upon start up.
In the older windows system I seem to remember that you could right click on the start bar and then remove progrmas from the start up list, however I can't seem to find that option on XP.
It doesn't help that I only use a Mac now and so I don't want to do something that will damage this PC as I am trying to help!
Many thanks for you help.

Red wendy.

Hi there,


       You can manually start those startup applications, Use "MSCONFIG" command from start>run>.....
        Better you try this from "safe mode". Because only the default drivers will be loaded in safe mode.
        its good to disable the start up items from "safe mode".


         How to boot your computer to safe mode

1. restart the computer & keep on tapping on F8 key when you see the logo of the computer manufacturer,
2. select the adminisatrator account if you shown, or else you can logon in your account itself,


The screen will be blurred on this interface because only the default driver only loaded.

using MSCONFIG command you will open system configuration utility


uncheck the unnecceessary startup items with out your anti-virus, wireless utility, etc...
especially the files is from C:\WINDOWS....


restart the computer


if your computer still slow try the following steps

diskclean up
steps to run diskclean up
1.start>all programs>accessories>system tools>disk cleanup & select the driver C: & D: & run....

delete temp files from the temp folder
location start>run & type "temp" & press ok
a folder will open in the name of TEMP, select all the files & delete
restart the computer

Pls reply if in case your computer still slow..


Thanks & regards

Shawkath