Hello Ema609, Monday, June 22, 2009, 1:40:53 PM, you wrote: Eac> Does anyone know what I can do to lower the numbers in msconfig I Eac> have a Vista desk top that has to many programs at start up. Vista does have a high number of processes normally and this is one of the reasons it needs more RAM to run well. If you've less than 2Gb of RAM then you haven't enough and reducing running processes may help but probably not a lot. 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 mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'