https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595379#M1567 Go to Start, Run. Type msconfig and click ok. You didn't say what O/S you're running. If 98, on the general tab, put a dot next to Selective Startup. Remove the dot from process Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. You won't have this in ME. Next, click on the Win.ini tab. Click the + sign beside Windows, uncheck Load= and Run=. Click on the Startup tab. Don't uncheck anything in here that you don't know what it is. But, items you recognize and don't need loading at boot, uncheck. Click apply and ok. It will ask if you want to reboot. Yes. Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:28:53 GMT Spirited Woman 2001-10-24T00:28:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595377#M1565 what do i type in the start menu to edit what items i want started when the computer starts? (Im not talking about the start folder in the windows folder)<BR />Thanks<BR /> Tue, 16 Oct 2001 02:16:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595377#M1565 Sal Pitera 2001-10-16T02:16:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595378#M1566 use regedit<BR />go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run<BR />and edit here Tue, 16 Oct 2001 05:35:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595378#M1566  Frederic Hosmann 2001-10-16T05:35:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595379#M1567 Go to Start, Run. Type msconfig and click ok. You didn't say what O/S you're running. If 98, on the general tab, put a dot next to Selective Startup. Remove the dot from process Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. You won't have this in ME. Next, click on the Win.ini tab. Click the + sign beside Windows, uncheck Load= and Run=. Click on the Startup tab. Don't uncheck anything in here that you don't know what it is. But, items you recognize and don't need loading at boot, uncheck. Click apply and ok. It will ask if you want to reboot. Yes. Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:28:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/start-items/m-p/2595379#M1567 Spirited Woman 2001-10-24T00:28:53Z