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Evaluate what starts up automatically

 

The likes of Office, QuickTime etc. will always be there on demand when needed. If you're continually running them from startup, that will slow down your system. Here's a good site for checking what files are needed and what are not:

 

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

 

Uncheck unnecessary startups on Msconfig's Startup tab.

 

95 and 98 and ME and XP

 

Start > Run > type msconfig and click on Enter, then the Startup tab

 

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For NT, 2K see: Copying msconfig

 


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