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Originally Posted by jjb  One thing to do is select Start and then Run. Type msconfig.exe and press enter. A system configuration box will show up. Select Startup and notice there are a bunch of things that execute in the background each time you start up your PC. If you don't need them, you can turn them off (you can try it and, if stopping them causes a problem, you can select them again to start). This can improve performance.
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You can also google "autoruns". It not only gives you a list of startup programs, but lots of other things that like to run in the background at all times. It's a little more user-friendly than msconfig.