start up program

[pjibe]

I'm probably having a real basic question here.Does somebody can tell me how to close application that start automaticaly when XP is starting and that appear on the bottom right near the clock.
thanks

pjibe

[mikezel]

Start --> Run type "msconfig" (w/o the quotes). Click the "startup" tab. Programs that startup on boot are listed there, you can uncheck them to keep them from automatically starting.

Even better, download a program like WinPatrol (Google it), that will allow you to manage startup programs, and will alert you whenever a new program schedules itself to load on boot.

mike

[john ranger]

I use this good program>

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

[Panama Red]

I use the msconfig method and refer to a couple of sites to tell which running programs are needed and which aren't.

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

http://startup.iamnotageek.com/