Hi Patti,

I just wanted to let you know that I didn't have much time to work on the sticky but a problem I am having with the attachments (screenshots, etc.) is the main cause of delay, once and if I get it sorted out with the site admin, I should be able to make it ready within a day or two.

More importantly, I wanted to comment on one thing: disabling startup entries.

One thing that you do not want to do unless you are an expert and know what you are doing is to use different ways (programs) to disable startup entries/services. Stick with one program/method so it would be much easier for you and others who are troubleshooting the related problems to analyze the issues...

So, enable everything that was disabled using different methods, then pick the program of your choice (Autoruns is a pretty good one but make sure you check the 'Hide Microsoft entries' option under the Options menu and click the refresh button afterwards. That way you zero-in on the 3rd party stuff and also avoid messing with system critical startup entries.

Other than that, I leave you in care of Jholland.

~TL