Thanks Burr. Maybe my reply was a bit ambiguous!!! Yeah I should have said remove them from the startup menu... I'll give that a try next time I'm there, but I've never messed about with the msconfig....

I see loads of stuff you can do with msconfig in the magazine, but i suppose I'm worried about getting it wrong. Once I change one thing, I'll be wanting to change everything, then God knows what I'll do to my pc! I suppose It's like anything though, follow the instructions & I'll get there.

TY Burr