I see that!! I tried this once before but didn`t understand it...yeah, I got a TON of stuff on there...How do you shut them off, just delete the files?? The thing is I don`t know what any of this stuff does... I`ll just name a few...atwtusb, autotbar, cammonitor (I guess I can get rid of that.I don`t have a camera) KBD, SAHbundle, recguard, igfxtray, nwiz, iamapp, nvcpldaemon, ..this is nuts. ..that`s just a few. Are these all programs?? What if they are necessary for the computer to boot?
Wonder what to uncheck on the startup tab of msconfig? (Don't need to delete the programs, just uncheck ones you don't want running.) Here's the acronym I've used successfully on all my computers: Uncheck everything that doesn't start with the intials L A S or T (LAST). Works for me, though I am running Win98se. Someone with WinXP can chime in.
Actually all the ones you mentioned in your last post could be unchecked, in my opinion, even though some start with A or S. (Not the ones I keep.)
After unchecking, restart and see how the computer runs. If you are missing something you ordinarily want (like "hey, where's that Quicktime icon on the bottom that I like to use?") then go back and check whatever sounds like it. Also, you can search those wierd names on Google to find out.
You can safely delete everything but systray and explorer. Actually I think those functions are started elsewhere in XP. You can also check the same path on HKEY Current User and see programs there.