Start by going to START, PROGRAMS, START-UP and see what's in your start-up folder. Right click on any you don't want and RIGHT-CLICK and SEND to MY DOCUMENTS (it just gets them away to a safe place). To get rid of others, go to the task bar (lower right near the clock) and RIGHT-CLICK on each of them, one by one and look for exit, shut-down, prpoerties or some such thing. Good luck - Fred