[Cheeseball81]

The following programs don't have to be running ar Startup. They can be started manually from your programs.

Go to Start > RUN
Type in msconfig
Hit OK
Go to the tab Startup
You can uncheck the following:

[AlcxMonitor] ALCXMNTR.EXE

[Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"

[QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime

[TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

[NVIEW] rundll32.exe nview.dll,nViewLoadHook

[swg] "C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe"

[ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

[Shockwave Updater] C:\WINDOWS\system32\Adobe\Shockwave 11\SwHelper_1151601.exe -Update -1151601 -"Mozilla/5.0_(Windows;_U;_Windows_NT_5.1;_en-US;_rv:1.9.0.1)_Gecko/2008070208_Firefox/3.0.1_GTB6_(.NET_CLR_3.5.30729)" -"http://www.americangirl.com/fun/travel/bz/index.php?section=game"

PowerReg Scheduler V3.exe

NkvMon.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Nikon\NkView5\NkvMon.exe

Click Apply, then OK
You will be prompted to restart the computer. Restart it.
Once Windows loads and you reach the desktop, a box will come up saying you are in Selective Startup
This is normal to occur.
Just checkmark the box to not remind you again

[unionfitter]

Done, found all but the shockwave updater.
Also downloaded a program called autoruns from bleeping computer, do we need any info from this program?

If I'm not using explorer for my browser, can i turn off some of that stuff too?

Also it looks like the hard drive has been split, one is called D: and is 6.59gig total-2.4gb free, the other is the C:67.9 gb total, 53.8gb free. The D: is holding stuff from compaq, none of my things. I'm almost sure there must be some trash lying around on the c:drive anyway to tell? Hard to believe there is 14gb of stuff on this machine?

[Cheeseball81]

Autoruns is a much more indepth way to view the programs that start automatically. If you feel comfortable unchecking other items, then you can proceed with it.
Normally I tell users to look up the process first to see what it is, and if it's necessary to run at Startup.
This site is most helpful: http://www.systemlookup.com/lists.php?list=2

Do you mean Internet Explorer?

[Cheeseball81]

The D: drive is your Compaq Recovery Partition.

A good start with the C: drive would be uninstalling unused programs. Then delete Temp files/cookies/temporary internet files.

Run a Disk Cleanup: http://www.theeldergeek.com/disk_cleanup_utility.htm

and a Disk Defrag: http://www.theeldergeek.com/disk_def...er_utility.htm

[unionfitter]

I have gone thru add/remove programs and uninstalled everything that was unused. Deleted all temp files, cookies etc that i could find. Will do another cleanup and start from there. Yes I meant internet explorer, I'm using firefox as my browser.

[Cheeseball81]

Good

And Firefox is a much better (and safer) browser anyway. Did you want to uninstall Internet Explorer too since you aren't using it?

[unionfitter]

yaeh i was thinking about uninstalling it.

not much changed after the clean up and defrag

any other ideas?

[Cheeseball81]

I still believe you need to add more RAM to that machine.

[unionfitter]

10-4 thanks for the help

[Cheeseball81]

You're welcome

You can use the website www.crucial.com to determine what kind of RAM you need and how much your system can handle.