On system start up I suspect too manyprograms are running in the back ground, how do I find out whick programs are running and how do I prevent them from starting up when I switch my PC on?Thanks.1 person needs an answerI do too

Disable unwanted startup from MSCONFIGCheck the startup entry. To do that Click on start->run Typemsconfig press Enter and click on "Start Up" tab now you can uncheck whichever is not required for you to load at startup, Apply and close and restart the computer. Computers have lots of memory but no imagination. The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back.

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:20:16 +0000, iTrade wrote:On system start up I suspect too manyprograms are running in the back ground, how do I find out whick programs are running and how do I prevent them from starting up when I switch my PC on?The *number of programs running in the background is irrelevant; seebelow:First, note that you should be concerned with all programs thatstart automatically, not just with those that go into the system tray.Not all auto-starting programs manifest themselves by an icon in thetray.On each program you don't want to start automatically, check itsOptions to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure youactually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon"option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that doesn'twork, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab,uncheck the programs you don't want to start automatically.However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose ofrunning the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tellyou, you should be concerned, not with how many of these programsyou run, but which. Some of them can hurt performance severely, butothers have no effect on performance.Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should dois determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and whatthe cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can tryinternet searches and ask about specifics here.Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informeddecision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.Ken Blake