*tucking away that gem for later*
You will find that your computer starts faster if you keep your Start Menu clear.
Every piece of hardware and lots of software wants to have their program running in the background, even when it is not being used.
If you have an HP printer, you may have 2-3 HP programs running in the background at all times.
If these items are removed from you Start Menu, they are not lost from your computer. It only takes a few more seconds to load them when you want to open them up.
I ust cleared off my daughter’s laptop. She had over 20 programs running in the background. Some of these are programs that she never uses.
If you have Vista, click the start menu. At the very bottom is the “start search” block. Type in “msconfig” there. You will get an instant response and in the “start up” tab, can check or uncheck all the annoying or wanted programs of your choice.
Like, you can get rid of all the HP adviser crap, photo printers, etc, and speed your boot up greatly.