Start up programmes

[roach]

My old PII 300Mhz W98se is showing its age. I believe I can reduce the number of programmes that run in the background (those that load at start up) but have forgotten how to do this and also reverse the process.
Can anyone help jog my memory?
Thank you in advance.

[BLUE SKY THINKER]

Sequence below as per XP, but presume something simillar on '98.....

Start > Run... > (type) msconfig > OK > Startup (tab) > check/uncheck Startup items > Apply > OK

[roach]

Thank you, that does it for me!

[Loose rivets]

Thanks from me as well, but is there a 'decode' for the items that i do not recocnise? LR

[BLUE SKY THINKER]

Loose rivets.....

Here are a couple of sites I've used on the subject (there are plenty more!):-

http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/index.php

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php