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November 3rd 09, 05:49 PM
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I have Microsoft Windows XP professional.
My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program? 
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November 3rd 09, 06:06 PM
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Start by R-clicking on the icons in the Notification Area (what you
called the System tray). Then go for "settings" or "preferences" to change their start behavior. Also look in Start, Programs, Startup and remove shortcuts to items there that you wish to stop. gcotterl wrote: I have Microsoft Windows XP professional. My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program?
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November 3rd 09, 06:06 PM
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"gcotterl" wrote in message ... I have Microsoft Windows XP professional. My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program? The Control Panel Add/Remove Programs does NOT directly relate to startup programs. It shows you what's installed, that's all. To see what gets loaded at boot time, run msconfig.exe via the Start/Run facility, then examine the tasks under the Startup tab. Note that none of these tasks is essential for a proper Windows boot-up although you lose your virus protection if you untick the virus scanner.
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November 3rd 09, 06:47 PM
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"Bob I" wrote in message ... Start by R-clicking on the icons in the Notification Area (what you called the System tray). Then go for "settings" or "preferences" to change their start behavior. Also look in Start, Programs, Startup and remove shortcuts to items there that you wish to stop. Unfortunately many startup programs are not visible in the System tray or in one of the Startup folders. The OP would need to examine the registry too, which is best done via the msconfig.exe tool.
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November 3rd 09, 07:05 PM
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Pegasus [MVP] wrote: "Bob I" wrote in message ... Start by R-clicking on the icons in the Notification Area (what you called the System tray). Then go for "settings" or "preferences" to change their start behavior. Also look in Start, Programs, Startup and remove shortcuts to items there that you wish to stop. Unfortunately many startup programs are not visible in the System tray or in one of the Startup folders. The OP would need to examine the registry too, which is best done via the msconfig.exe tool. True, but the OP specifically mentioned all the "icons in the System tray". Less likely to blow off foot by sticking to those two areas. ;-)
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November 3rd 09, 09:33 PM
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:49:02 -0800, gcotterl
wrote: I have Microsoft Windows XP professional. My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program? Antivirus boot scan ?
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November 3rd 09, 10:50 PM
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"gcotterl" wrote: I have Microsoft Windows XP professional. My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program? Perform a "clean boot" using the following procedu http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Does the machine start up faster? If so, check the boxes on the Startup tab one at a time and reboot the machine until you find the ones that are slowing down the boot. Google to find out what the applications are if you don't already know. You may have conflicting antivirus and/or antispyware applications. You decide if the slow boot is worth keeping the applications that are causing it.
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November 4th 09, 04:40 PM
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gcotterl wrote:
I have Microsoft Windows XP professional. My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program? After you've cleaned up your Start processes, investigate "Hibernate" as a shut-down option. Hibernate dumps memory to a scratch file on your hard drive, then powers-down the comptuer. On the next start-up, the boot process looks for this file and, if it finds it, loads it into RAM and you're back in business at the point you left last night. Boot from a hibernate state takes maybe ten seconds.
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November 6th 09, 04:20 PM
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You can search for "hijackthis" that will help. You may want to post the log
file for help. Neil "gcotterl" wrote in message ... I have Microsoft Windows XP professional. My PC takes at least 7 minutes before any of the icons displayed on my Desktop become selectable and the System Tray shows a lot of applications are being loaded. How can I find out what applications are being loaded when my PC starts? If I go to Control Panel/Add or Remove programs and remove unwanted programs that are being loaded at Start-Up, do I also need to edit the Start Up file so Start Up won't have a problem when it doesn't find the removed program?
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