help with progams runnings

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When I hit Ctl, Alt, Del. I have 14 programs running that I dont use all the
time and my CPU usage is at 90% making my computer very very slow. How to I
change them to only open when needed?
 
I have answered this post in XP General newsgroup, try not to double post, it
just makes double the work for us guys helping.

Andy W
 
Jennifer said:
When I hit Ctl, Alt, Del. I have 14 programs running that I dont use all the
time and my CPU usage is at 90% making my computer very very slow. How to I
change them to only open when needed?
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In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as
simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to
"display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts."

Additionally, Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the
system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560



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Jennifer said:
When I hit Ctl, Alt, Del. I have 14 programs running that I dont use
all the time and my CPU usage is at 90% making my computer very very
slow. How to I change them to only open when needed?
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On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to
see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the
option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). 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*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

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 at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask 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.
 
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