Since your PC if about five years old, I'm going to assume you're using
Win98.  If so, click on your START menu, go to RUN, type in: msconfig and go
to the startup tab.  You can disable programs by taking the check out of the
checkbox.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vicki Funk" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: Low Resources


> I have a very slow startup speed, and I understand that part of my problem
is
> that I have too many things on my start-up menu. My PC is a five year old
HP
> Pavilion 8250, and I've also been told that my system resourses should be
at
> 90%. They are currently about 64%. How do I keep things from automatically
> starting up without using safe mode? I also use AOL 7.0, and I've not had
> problems before, just since I downloaded the 7.0 version.  I sometimes get
> the message ""Work Offline" with a description that I'm not currently
signed
> on to the internet (which I am) and try again, and I get a lot of "Page
> Cannot Be Displayed" and "Action Cancelled." My problem is, I don't know
how
> to stop all these programs that I don't need from starting automatically,
as
> I'm not really computer literate. I would appreciate any help I can get.
> Thanks.
> Vicki Funk
>
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