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Start-up what you can and cannot remove safely

Programs you can Disable: ALCXMNTR - This deals with Realtek, which has to do with some of the soundcards that have been used in computers. You can disable, because if you're having trouble with your sound, you won't fix the problem through the startup menu anyway. Atiptaxx - This item goes along with an ATI task bar icon that appears on your computer after you install the ATI drivers for the task bar. You don't really need this item running at your startup. Adobe Gamma Loader - This is included with any Adobe Photoshop 5.0 version or later. This feature mainly deals with colors in the Adobe program and if you're not designing a lot of projects that will need to be printed in color, you don't need this one running. AOLSP Scheduler, AOLDial, AOL Software, PortAOL, American Online 9.0, etc. - These are trial versions of AOL and even if you have it on your computer, but don't use it, you don't need all of these things starting up when you turn on your computer. If you do not use the AOL version, you might as well remove it altogether. Just go to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and uninstall it. hpztsb07, hpsysdrv - Both of these have to do with Hewlett-Packard machines. They help troubleshoot system recovery issues, you can get help from Hewlett-Packard computer or printer, turn both of these off. Rundll32 - This one deals with Microsoft. Often you will see an error with the rundll files, if your computer is having a hang up problem or if something is just going belly-up. . If you do not have any virus problems, etc., it's okay to just leave it alone.

Sgtray - This is a system tray icon that sits in the background on your computer that works with a program called Storage Guard. It is your decision whether you want this program checking on you every so often or not, it is not essential. Wallpaper Changer - You can change your desktop's wallpaper using the Properties menu. You don't need a special startup feature just for this, so go ahead and disable it.

Programs : You really should keep Enabled: ccApp - This is essential to Symantec, which goes along with the Norton antivirus program. This item is crucial to Norton working properly to keep your system safe from viruses. Do not remove with this one if you use Norton ( I would not have Norton on my system at any price ) Ctfmon - This is a Microsoft product (mostly Microsoft Office XP and Windows XP). It is used to activate certain parts of the text services, and speech features in those programs It is needed for the updates to work. Leave this alone. Qttask - This is an Apple's QuickTime program. If you are a user of QuickTime, you should keep this one running. Otherwise, disable it immediately.

There are many others which individuals will not need and if you would like to customize more, I can recommend you to this site Alphabetic list Remember that if you disable something and you see that your computer is having trouble, you can always go back and enable them to see if it solves the problem. 