Re: Windows Start Menu

In article <1PWdnVpn8_rgS8_XnZ2dnUVZ_rednZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, arnold.trembley@xxxxxxx wrote:
James J. Gavan wrote:
Not COBOL per se, but something we are all interested in.
(snip)
But there surely has to be an easier way without going to individual
applications, to Add or Remove them from the Startup Menu. I either
misunderstood what MS were saying, or their Help is badly worded. Any
takers ?

Jimmy, Calgary AB

This is not necessarily easier, but there's quite a bit of useful and
free information here:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Windows-XP-Startup-Faster

Including some bad advice regarding clearing the prefetch folder.

Better advice available here:
http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/XPMyths.html
.

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