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From: pamelag44 (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 19:11:02 -0700

I need to know how to get into the startup from the Run line to shutdown some startup items and I also need to get an idea on how to stop running processes and which ones that I should not stop? Can someone help me?