I was just reading about memory problems in previous posts. My question is: How do you keep all the little programs from starting up in the first place. I have a Dell laptop with maximum ram. Lots of hard drive. Win98se If I do an alt/control/delete I see lots of things running that I never asked to run. They start up automatically. I can close each one individually by clicking on "end task" but I am wondering how you can get to the startup to prevent them in the first place. I welcome suggestions on how to set this up so the computer runs smoother. Thank you Lisa upstate NY

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Lisa, Go to Start > Run. Type in "msconfig" (without the quotes). That will bring up the System Configuration Utility. Click on the Startup tab. There you will see all the items that are started when you boot your system. Uncheck the item to prevent it from starting on boot up. NOTE: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU CHOSE TO STOP FROM STARTING. Many of those are system files that need to be running! Click Apply > OK when finished. It will ask you if you want to restart. Select YES. If the system has problems starting, you have removed something you shouldn't have. In this case, reboot into safe mode and recheck the items you unchecked before. Hope this helps! Art >I was just reading about memory problems in previous posts. > >My question is: How do you keep all the little programs from starting up in >the first place. I have a Dell laptop with maximum ram. Lots of hard >drive. >Win98se > >If I do an alt/control/delete I see lots of things running that I never asked >to run. They start up automatically. I can close each one individually by >clicking on "end task" but I am wondering how you can get to the startup to >prevent them in the first place. > >I welcome suggestions on how to set this up so the computer runs smoother. > >Thank you >Lisa >upstate NY