Well. maybe I didn't.

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310560

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310353


"Dixonian69" wrote:

> I replied under you other post.
> not good idea to post twice. Add comments to OP.
>
> "Linda Williams" wrote:
>
> > I understand that it is best not to uncheck startup items in msconfig but
> > even after going directly to the program that runs at startup and disabling
> > the "load at startup" option and then rebooting, those items still are
> > running at startup--what am I missing here?