system configuration utility

[Adrian]

Hi,first time user in this group.
When i go into my "system configuration utility",and
click on start up,there are a lot of programmes
running,is there a site where i can go to where they can
tell me what each one means(in basic,easy to understand
language)so i can "trim down" the number of programmes
running(safely ,without de-activating anything important)?
Can i also use this utility to have only the basic
programmes running in the background while im actually
using pc?
Many thanks for any help.......

[Curt]

"Adrian" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,first time user in this group.
> When i go into my "system configuration utility",and
> click on start up,there are a lot of programmes
> running,is there a site where i can go to where they can
> tell me what each one means(in basic,easy to understand
> language)so i can "trim down" the number of programmes
> running(safely ,without de-activating anything important)?
> Can i also use this utility to have only the basic
> programmes running in the background while im actually
> using pc?
> Many thanks for any help.....
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Hi,
This site should be useful,
http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Running_items.htm.

--
Curt.

[athanasian_creed]

Adrian wrote:
> Hi,first time user in this group.
> When i go into my "system configuration utility",and
> click on start up,there are a lot of programmes
> running,is there a site where i can go to where they can
> tell me what each one means(in basic,easy to understand
> language)so i can "trim down" the number of programmes
> running(safely ,without de-activating anything important)?
> Can i also use this utility to have only the basic
> programmes running in the background while im actually
> using pc?
> Many thanks for any help.......

Go to this web page:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

This will help you to eliminate processes not necessary to the running of XP
under various circumstances. Make sure to read ALL his advice/warnings
before attempting to disable anything AND create registry backups AND
preferrably run a program like GoBack just in case you can't boot into
Windows after disabling something you shouldn't have :O

This guy is an absolute guru when it comes to XP/2000 - i've tested it and
it works !!

Good luck,

Ray

[Adrian]

Many thanks for the replys.All working much better now
thank you.
>-----Original Message-----
>Adrian wrote:
>> Hi,first time user in this group.
>> When i go into my "system configuration utility",and
>> click on start up,there are a lot of programmes
>> running,is there a site where i can go to where they
can
>> tell me what each one means(in basic,easy to understand
>> language)so i can "trim down" the number of programmes
>> running(safely ,without de-activating anything
important)?
>> Can i also use this utility to have only the basic
>> programmes running in the background while im actually
>> using pc?
>> Many thanks for any help.......
>
>Go to this web page:
>http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
>
>This will help you to eliminate processes not necessary
to the running of XP
>under various circumstances. Make sure to read ALL his
advice/warnings
>before attempting to disable anything AND create
registry backups AND
>preferrably run a program like GoBack just in case you
can't boot into
>Windows after disabling something you shouldn't have :O
>
>This guy is an absolute guru when it comes to XP/2000 -
i've tested it and
>it works !!
>
>Good luck,
>
>Ray
>
>
>.
>