Thanks so much Gary I went to the site but couldn't register no numbers showed up. I have a lot of programs that are not on the lists should I stop them. my system is intel 2cpu 4300 @ 1.80 . ghz I have 288 gb and I have free space 172 gb I hope this is the right info you asked for My other pc I finally got into a safe mode but its still not working I think there is something wrong with my ie I downloaded fox fire and can get on internet with that. I have a xp disc do you know how I could repair it. I think that the whole pc is out of whack thank you so much ema What you have to be careful of is not turning off something vital such as your Anti-Virus program but there is a web site where you can check all the process names to see what's what and which ones aren't needed. http://startup.networktechs.com/search.php Eac> I would like to make the pc faster If it's been slow ever since you got it then it just may be that the system doesn't have enough 'Oomph' to run Vista fast !! It would help if you could tell us the specifications of your system such as CPU type and quantity of RAM. -- Best regards, Barry **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000004)