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shadu Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:29 PM
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When I hit 'Ctrl Alt Delete' once I get a list of 19 items
Is this a bad thing? Should I cut down on the number of items?
And, last but not least, how do I get those items not to load?
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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:29 PM
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1. what operating system?
that makes a big difference
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shadu Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:32 PM
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2. Windows 98
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:35 PM
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3. Is it in
processes or applications?
It depends what the running processes are... often when you end up with a lot of things running, it's spyware/adware... try running adaware. There are a few ways to stop programs from loading. There are a couple of programs out there that can identify what is auto running at startup, and let you stop them from doing so, if you aren't too familiar with doing it manually.
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shadu Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:50 PM
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6. Are there free programs?
That would be great.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 03:10 PM
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9. Yep. Here
http://www.downseek.com/download/4252.asp
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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:36 PM
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4. try this...
Start>run>msconfig>Startup Items.

Uncheck any that you don't want to load and reboot.
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shadu Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:51 PM
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7. thanks
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electricmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:47 PM
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5. Checkout this program
Codestuff Starter

It gives you a list of all running background aps plus a more detailed name for them than Ctrl Alt Delete gives. It also gives you the choice to disable them at startup. Just make sure you don't disable the wrong ones but if you select one and hit properties you can tell if it's needed by Windows.
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shadu Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 02:51 PM
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8. thanks
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