Windows XP Question

[Arnulf]

Interesting little exercise:

Right-click the start button
select Open
open the Programs folder
you should see all your start menu applications folders
open the Startup folder
if that does not exist create one
right-click the empty space and select New -> Shortcut
enter "taskmgr.exe" (without quotes)
tap Enter twice
now right-click the new shortcut
from the drop-down menu Run: select minimized

restart computer to verify it worked (it did with mine)

hope this helps