i have windows xp., How do i get rid of all teh icons at teh bottom rgt. of teh screen. takes forever 2 log on

Question

i tried hiding the icons when not in use, but they seem to come back. it is slowing my computer down escpecailly when logging in to the interent. I have to wait for all those icons to load. what can id o

Answer 1

Start -> Run -> msconfig -> startup

turn off most everything, make sure you don't turn off your firewall, antivirus, or anything else that you may want to boot. It will ask you to restart, and will give you to go back into that menu once you do. It might take a few tweaks to get perfect.

Answer 2

This is by far the biggest problem with Windows. Most companies write their applications to start with Windowsand some don't show up on the task bar at all. The reason they do this is applications always fight for memory to run and if they are always running then theirs a greater chance they will get the needed amount to run. So to resolve this Microsoft has added a nice little program called MSCONFIG to use it click start then run and then go to the Startup tab. Everything checked is what is running. Keep in mind that most AntiVirus programs will have a few going so you will want to have those.
**PLEASE NOTE ** That turning off application can result in certain features/programs not working at work someone disabled all and then couldn't figure out why their laptop couldn't switch to use the video projector. If that happens just go back to msconfig and turn it back on.
Hope that helped.

Answer 3

Click on the Start button
Select Run
Type in: msconfig
Click OK
In the window that opens, select the Startup tab
You will see a list of all the program that preload when you start Windows. This includes all the icons in the system tray (by the clock)
Uncheck anything you don't want to load into the tray. (Must people uncheck everything)
If something does not run right after that, you can back and recheck that item. (The File name and directory location usually will let you guess which one you want)

Answer 4

Click the Start button, click Programs, click Startup, and delete all that crap in there. Then reboot your computer.

Warning: using msconfig can cause major system problems, so don't jsut start turning things off without knowing what you are doing.

Answer 5

replace the demonstrate screen to mode that you want to take an demonstrate screen shot press Print demonstrate screen (Prnt Scrn or Sys Rq)that positioned close to the Scroll Lock and then open an image editor like MS Paint or and contained in the edit menu click paste you will discover your demonstrate screen shot and also you may edit or placed it aside in JPG or BMP formats. Hashem Ansaripoor

Answer 6

Right click on them look under preference unchecked to start as window open
( basically not to load when you turn the computer on)

Answer 7

www.merijn.org, download the utility called hijack this. It will allow you to remove the startup programs you do not need. For more information on hijackthis, refer to the page cited in this response (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackthis).

Answer 8

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Computer Slow

Download and then run startup.exe at:

http://www.mlin.net/startupcpl.shtml......

Can't live without it and windows...

Then disable and/or uninstall whatever u don't need.

Joe...

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Computer Virus/Spyware/Adware/Malware/etc

All free...

Download and then run Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic at:

http://www.free-av.com/

Download and then run Spybot - Search & Destroy at:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

Download and then run Ad-Aware SE Personal at:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Joe...

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Answer 9

I dont know. I have the same problem. :(