If your XP computer is taking way too long to boot up, it might be because you're loading too many programs at startup. Often applications that you install will take it upon themselves to add themselves to the startup list, even though you don't really want them to start automatically every time you boot the computer. Sometimes many of these apps are vendor "crapware" programs that you don't even want or use. Here's how to quickly prevent unwanted programs from starting up when you boot the system:
- Click Start Run
- In the Run box, type msconfig
- In the System Configuration Utility interface, click the Startup tab
- Uncheck the items you don't want to start when your computer starts
- Click OK and then restart the computer to make the change take effect (or just exit without restarting if you want to reboot at a later time).
