whenever I start my computer up The WINDOWS window opens. Does anyone know why this happens and how to stop it from opening at startup? Windows XP Home Pentium 4 3.0ghz 256mb DDR 120gb Hard Drive ATI Radeon 9200 Series 16x DVD Dual Layer RW Mart

Not sure what you mean by WINDOWS window. C:\WINDOWS perhaps? anyway, Start>Run, type msconfig click startup tab, check to see if there's anything there relating to it. Then OK, restart. A good computer takes good care of their computer

If you are referring to Windows Explorer... Run REGEDIT and navigate to... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer Look in the right pane for an entry called DesktopProcess Delete it and reboot Krystyna

I had a feeling I mite confuse you all, its the WINDOWS window you come to when you go into the My Computer>Hard Drive>WINDOWS I've looked on the msconfig window and there is nothing in there relating to WINDOWS Windows XP Home Pentium 4 3.0ghz 256mb DDR 120gb Hard Drive ATI Radeon 9200 Series 16x DVD Dual Layer RW Mart