| 11. | And they should work harder to make sure their background programs use as few resources as possible.
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| 12. | This allows non-crucial background programs to only run when it would not affect the performance of other applications.
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| 13. | Msconfig allows Win98 or XP users to customize the startup procedure so unnecessary background programs can be eliminated.
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| 14. | It's a one-click deal that shuts down your computer and automatically restarts it with background programs not running.
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| 15. | Every time I shut down my computer, the shut down is delayed a few minutes, waiting for background programs to close.
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| 16. | Compaq is not alone in loading up its consumer PCs with background programs, though the Houston-based company is certainly zealous about it.
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| 17. | You must open msconfig again and click on " Normal startup, " click OK and reboot to get your normal background programs running.
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| 18. | Turning off all the background programs, fiddling with the hardware settings and even installing a newer version of the operating system didn't help.
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| 19. | But it still doesn't address the root problem _ that many PCs are overloaded with background programs and Windows can't handle that gracefully.
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| 20. | But I had a hard time typing in the Web address you ran for the older column on how to turn off background programs.
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