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john said:
how do you tur off programs that are runninig in the
background?
Do you want to turn off the programs or stop them from starting
in the first place?
Assuming the latter, on each program you don't want to start
automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not
to start. Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that
doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the
Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to start
automatically.
However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
these programs you run, but which.
Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
time. You can get more information about these with google
searches and by asking about specifics here.
Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
to get rid of.
