QA: I have windows xp and when I do task manager, I show about 30 programs running right after startup o

I Have Windows Xp And When I Do Task Manager, I Show About 30 Programs Running Right After Startup O

I have norton antivirus and spybot but none of them come up with anything- MY cpu usage is at 100 % a lot of times - I can go in and delte exe files in task manager and they go off temporray - how do I find out what programs are running during startup that I do not need? I want to erase all programs that run during startup and during application. MY startup program file is empty. Help!!!!!

Check msconfig for solving all these kind of problems... if the problem persists return checking for suspicious tasks (in the task manager)...Although at times checking the task manager can be tricky.. some worms automatically disappear when you run task manager

Go to start > Run > "msconfig"
Click on the Startup tab and uncheck the files you don't want to start on startup. This should free up your CPU somewhat.

click on start/ run
type in the box
msconfig
then hit enter : then click on the startup tab see what is tick there and on the services tab also
if you un- tick what you dont want to have load up with windows starts up
then click on
apply & ok then your have to restart the pc

your cpu usage should be at 0 / 2 % not 100%
do a anti spyware scan / anti virus
scan

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ad-aware professional
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anti spyware blocker
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ewido anti-spyware 4.0
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download xoftspy422 and install it then run it stop the scan and click on scan settings tick every box and click on where it says >> click here to select a folder then tick the (c) thats your hard drive if you have 2 hard drives tick the 2 of them then click ok
then click start when the scan is done click on remove tab

I think these are mainly spywares. there are some anti-spyware programs which show you what are the programs launching on startup (which do not come in startup folder), from that you can choose what all programs need to launch when starting up.

type "msconfig" at start/run then remove anything that you don't like

or just reformat your comp

If your PC gets to the desktop within 60 seconds of powerup you're doing OK. When Norton (or any scanning program) runs, it is not uncommon to see 100% spikes.

When the computer is doing absolutely nothing the graph should be between 0 & 7%.

If the CPU is running 90% of the time at 90-100%, it's not a startup prob. Sound like a BIOS prob - and THAT'S out of my league.

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