how do I know what programs I can safely remove from start up?1 person needs an answerI do too

On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:05:19 +0000, arlean wrote:how do I know what programs I can safely remove from start up?Your subject line and the text above are about two different things.Taking the subject line first, do not remove any updates. Doing sowill expose you to malware. Besides, these take tiny amounts of diskspace.Regarding removing programs from start-up, read my standard reply,following below:First, note that you should be concerned with all programs thatstart automatically, not just with those that go into the system tray.Not all auto-starting programs manifest themselves by an icon in thetray.On each program you don't want to start automatically, check itsOptions to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure youactually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon"option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that doesn'twork, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab,uncheck the programs you don't want to start automatically.However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose ofrunning the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tellyou, you should be concerned, not with how many of these programsyou run, but which. Some of them can hurt performance severely, butothers have no effect on performance.Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should dois determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and whatthe cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can tryinternet searches and ask about specifics here.Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informeddecision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.Ken Blake