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Old 12-21-2004, 05:51 PM   #1
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Turning off programmes

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how do you turn off programmes that are running in the background. I'm running XP home. Also can they be all be turned off in one go? Plus why does windows alway have to have these programmes running?

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Old 12-21-2004, 07:43 PM   #2
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They can usually be disabled by going to start > run and typing "msconfig".
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If you are unsure what the programs control and you want to know if you can turn them off, check here:

http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html
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