I have xp.  How do I get items from opening upon startup?
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click the start button, select run. type MSCONFIG and click ok\n\nin the last tab, untick anything you dont want to run at startup
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download startup control panel by mike lin\n\nwww.mlin.net
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if it's near the time and date so you can remove it from the startup:\ngo to start -> run -> msconfig -> startup then remove the programs that you want to remove
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For Windows XP\n\nBegin by first clicking on the Start Button.\n\nThen move your mouse over the All Programs icon to display all Start Menu folders.\n\nIf your Start Menu is set to the Classic View, move your mouse over the Programs folder instead.\n\nNow, move your mouse onto the Accessories menu folder until it expands.\n\nThen move your mouse onto the System Tools menu folder until it expands.\n\nNow Click on the Disk Defragmenter icon to launch the program.\n\nThen use your mouse to highlight the drive that you want to Defragment?\n\nThen click on the Defragment button located on the lower left hand center of the screen.\n\nWindows XP will analyze your drive first and then display a visual estimate of the final results.\n\nAnd Windows XP will continually show you a progress indicator bar depicting its progress.\n\nWhen Windows is finished it will ask you if you would like to quit the Defrag Program.\n\nSelect YES to quit the Disk Defragmenter Program and then reboot your computer.
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1. Ur start up .. is full with many program .. u have to delete the start up program and these are the steps\n\n1 Start menu/Run/ Commnd "mscoinfig" the hit Enter\n\nstart up tab program then check what u want on it or uncheck \n\nthen services \n\nand check on hid Microsoft services \nthen uncheck the program and dont uncheck anti virus program\n\n\nthen from the bad thing of Xp that the visual setting is taking a large memory so\n\nthere is the steps to adjust ur computer to ur best performance\n\nright click on ur computer Icon\nProperties\nAdvanced\nperformance Box\nclick on setting\nin visual effect tab choose adjust for best performance not appearance \n\nthen see the memory now after restarting \n\nbest luck ;)
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cut the Accessories folder and then type they following in:\nStart >run\n\n%userprofile%&#92;Start Menu&#92;Programs\n\nnow a window will pop up .. \npaste the Accessories folder which you had copied..\n:)
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go to your start menu.  But before that, have your virus/spyware check it out because a lot of those programs contain junk you don't want on your computer.
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what kind of software you have windows ?\nyou could look in start> control panel> system> there you will find i think what you need.
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right click on your start button and choose properties then set your start menu to xp style, you will see icons then.  also, if your task manager is not pulling up, you probably have to much stuff running in the background and your system is struggling with what little memory it has to work with.  Try this:  click on start>Run>type in the open field:  msconfig and click ok.  click on the startup tab at the top and disable all start-up items and then reboot.  i bet your task manager will open then.
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Takeaway:\nWindows XP's Prefetch folder stores information about each program you launch; then, on subsequent restarts, XP uses the information in the folder to preload parts of those programs at boot time. Find out why you need to clean out the Prefetch folder periodically to keep boot times from dragging.\n\nOne of Microsoft's big selling points for Windows XP was that it loads applications much faster than its predecessors. To accomplish this feat, Windows XP uses what is called the "Prefetch technique," in which the operating system gathers information about each program that you launch and stores that information in the &#92;Windows&#92;Prefetch folder. Then on subsequent restarts, Windows XP uses the information in the Prefetch folder to essentially preload parts of those programs at boot time. Thus, when you launch your application, it appears to load really fast.\n\nHowever, the Prefetch folder can accumulate too much information over time. This makes the operating system so busy loading bits and pieces of lots of applications into memory that it ends up slowing down the boot process. Fortunately, you can clean out the Prefetch folder at any time. Follow these four steps:\n\n   1. Access the Run dialog box by pressing [Windows]R.\n   2. Type Prefetch in the Open text box and click OK.\n   3. Press [Ctrl]A to select all the files.\n   4. Press [Delete].\n\nAs you use your system, Windows XP will rebuild the contents of the Prefetch folder.\n\nBUT DON'T DELETE LAYOUT.INI FILE FROM THIS FOLDER
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If this issue has been occuring recently, just go to My Computer, select Tools>Folder Options>Select Restore Defaults.  I guess that helps.  If it doesn't, select the General Tab under Folder Options and select the option "Double-click to open an item" and select OK.
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First, do start -control panel -add & remove programs\nRemove any you don't want/use.\nThen do start - run. Enter 'msconfig' without the quotes and (if you know what they are) disable any programs from starting up on boot that you don't want to.\nSpyware/adware scans are probably worth doing, if you don't do them regularly already.
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Very easy but most people do not know this, in that "System Tray" that is what startsup everytime you start windows, this is what you should do:   Start>Run>msconfig> click the startup tab> uncheck all quicktime stuff or any thing else you dont want to slow your computer down with for startup time
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Check in your start folder.  There may be an auto start file there.\n\nGo to Start, All Programs, Startup.  That will show you all the files that are auto starting that are not part of the system startup files.\n\nIf that doesn't work, then I'm outa ideas.  :)
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if u r talking about those next to start menu:\nright click on any free space on the taskbar at the bottom of ur screen, point to toolbars and click 'quick launch'\nif u r talking about those next to the time display:\nright click on the icon and press exit
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type MSCONFIG in start>run then uncheck all items in startup tab, and reboot
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i guess it is in your startup folder.so it is opening when you log on.remove it from there.it should be fine