Binoculars,
A SODIMM is the type of RAM Notebooks use.
As for startup programs, first go to
Start >>
All Programs >>
Startup and delete anything you see in there. (You can leave Microsoft Office if you like.) If it is in there, it is not needed at bootup. You can right click on any of the links in there and delete them without needing to use Windows Explorer to access them.
Next go to the Systray and see what you can disable there. A lot of programs use it as ad space and are not needed in the systray.
Then run
MSCONFIG. In the Startup Tab, look at the Command and Location lines on each item in there. It will give you some hints as to what each startup program does. You can disable them a couple at a time, reboot the computer, see if anything is adversely affected, if not disable a few more, etc.
Take Care,
Richard
P.S. Yes I was insulting your poor defenceless RAM chip.
