Re: auto start etc

"Peter Kirk" <pk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi there
> a couple of quick questions:
> (1) when I boot up XP, there are some applications that start
> automatically: how do I remove some of these applications from this "auto
> start"?
>
> (2) how do I change the desktop so I can move icons to any position? At
> the moment there is some sort of "snap to" grid, so icons can only be
> placed at specific locations - I'm guessing at something like 50 pixels
> from each other. (So basically I want the grid to be the same size as the
> screen resolution, and not at 50x50 or whatever it is set to at the
> moment).
>
>
> Thanks
> Peter

[1]. start > run> msconfig > start-up tab, uncheck anything you don't
want to start, or [better] look through each individual program's
settings/options and see if you can prevent them from running at
start-up.

[2]. R/Click Desktop > Arrange Icons By > Align to Grid

rgds
Li'l Roberto




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