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re: Programs that always run Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 9:19 am Posted by Deb (1434 messages posted) Start Run Type in msconfig Click on Startup Tab Uncheck what you don't want starting up Click Apply, OK. Don't uncheck your Anti-Virus/Spyware/Malware programs... Reboot PC Put a checkmark in "Don't launch mscongfig... Click OK On Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 8:21 am, sharon wrote: >I would like to prevent programs from constantly running in the background. They >are running from the moment I turn on the computer and I feel they slow it down a >great deal. I do not want to delete them permanently though. > >Thanks for your help! > >Sharon [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Programs that always run Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 10:22 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Open Task Manager. How many processes are running? What is your cpu utilization? How much RAM do you have? On Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 8:21 am, sharon wrote: >I would like to prevent programs from constantly running in the background. They >are running from the moment I turn on the computer and I feel they slow it down a >great deal. I do not want to delete them permanently though. > >Thanks for your help! > >Sharon [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum