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Old December 6th 03, 06:17 AM
richard
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Default background programs

i am new to xp and cant figure out how to turn off
programs before i install new software. please
help,thanks
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Old December 6th 03, 06:17 AM
Chris Lanier
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Default background programs

CNTL+ALT+DELTask Manager. goto the Applications tab and choose any
programs listed.

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i am new to xp and cant figure out how to turn off
programs before i install new software. please
help,thanks



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Old December 6th 03, 06:17 AM
Mike Hall
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Default background programs

The main thing here is just to stop major programs running..

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History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

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i am new to xp and cant figure out how to turn off
programs before i install new software. please
help,thanks



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Old December 6th 03, 06:17 AM
jack
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Default background programs

i just close all active windows.
have no problems and loaded things like 5 corel programs
and some pretty large games.

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i am new to xp and cant figure out how to turn off
programs before i install new software. please
help,thanks
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