Ron said:
What are the program that have to come up at startup. I
have a new computer and it takes forever to startup. My
desktop startup quickly because I have minimized the
startup configuration.
It's different for every system. If you have a computer that you bought at
a store, like a Dell, Compaq, Gateway, HP, etc., it can have dozens of
startup items on it. OTOH, if you have a home-built computer like mine, you
might only have a half-dozen startup items.
Follow the links near the bottom of this page to help you decipher some of
the startup files you're seeing:
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/
Also, find and download two programs called Ad-Aware v.6 and Spybot. Do the
online update of those two programs and run them... they may help you
eliminate some spyware programs that you don't need running at startup. You
might be able to find them in the freeware section of
www.webattack.com