text: start up problems in pc.? when i start my pc, it takes about 4 to 5 minutes to get the normal working conditions. i think this is due to the applications like mcaffee virus scan, msn messanger and yahoo! which automatically start with my pc. please tell me the ways to prevent them goto start-->all programs-->run type msconfig here, under selective start up uncheck load startup items. reboot the system. now the startup items wont be there. and you system will take less time to boot.