Soft Boot Won't work

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I wan't to identify programs running in the background
screen by Ctl.-alt-delete but nothing happens. My
computer takea almost three minutes to start up when it
took a third of that time before. I ran scan disk and
defrag with little improvement. I have 65% free space so
memory does not seem to be the problem. I'm running XP
on a Dell Dimension 4100. Also, I cannot uninstall some
programs that I think might be the culprit.

Any advice for this novice would be helpful.
 
I wan't to identify programs running in the background
screen by Ctl.-alt-delete but nothing happens. My
computer takea almost three minutes to start up when it
took a third of that time before. I ran scan disk and
defrag with little improvement. I have 65% free space so
memory does not seem to be the problem. I'm running XP
on a Dell Dimension 4100. Also, I cannot uninstall some
programs that I think might be the culprit.

Any advice for this novice would be helpful.
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To get a handle on startup items, use the Startup page found in the
Microsoft System Configuration tool (Start> Run> MSCONFIG).

If you still have trouble getting Task Manager to appear, some things to
do:
**check the system with an up to date anti-spyware program such as AdAware
**check system with an up to date antivirus program
**try one of MVP Kelly Theriot's fixes. Am thinking one of the choices on
"Line 113" of the following page should help:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 
Go to Google.com and type in the full process or file name in the search
box, hit search, you will find out what app it belongs to by going to some
links. I have had good luck so far. Within the first 3-4 results.
 
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