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MSCONFIG IS A NEAT LITTLE PROGRAM THAT COMES WITH WINDOWS THAT WILL LET YOU DECIDE WHAT PROGRAMS YOU WANT TO HAVE START WHEN WINDOWS BOOTS. IT IS RECOMENDED THAT YOU LEAVE NORTON OR OTHER ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS RUNNING AT ALL TIMES, BUT MOST THING YOU DO NOT NEED AND WILL JUST SLOW DOWN YOUR COMPUTER. WITH THE RELEASE OF WINDOWS XP MICROSOFT TOOK THE GUESSING OUT AND DID NOT PUT ANYTHING IN HERE THAT CAN MAKE YOU COMPUTER CRASH IF YOU DISABLE IT. HERE IS HOW TO NAVIGATE AROUND IN MSCONFIG;
CLICK
CLICK ON RUN
WHEN RUN OPENS TYPE IN "msconfig"
AND CLICK "OK"
THEN YOU SHOULD GET THIS SCREEN
THIS IS YOUR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY IT LETS YOU PICK WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE OPEN WHEN WINDOWS STARTS UP. DON'T MESS WITH ANYTHING BUT THE STARTUP TAB. CLICK STARTUP AND IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
EVERYONE OF THESE IS A PROGRAM THAT STARTS WHEN WINDOWS DOES. BY DISABLING THEM YOU CAN SPEED YOU COMPUTER UP BY 25% OR MORE. YOU CAN ALSO LEAVE SOME OPEN IF YOU WANT. (IE MCAFEE OF NORTON)
