Startup weirdness

[Guest]

When I start up my windows XP, "my documents" always opens automatically.
Also, there's a search toolbar in the taskbar on the bottom of my screen that
always shows up whenever it starts up, is there anyway to disable it?

 

[Kelly]

Start by cleaning your system using the top listed here, all of them:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup