1. Look at Autoruns at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx. There are also lots of other useful utilities on the sysinternals site.

2. Right-click and delete.

>Hi everybody,
>
>I have few questions about how to customize my Windows XP.
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>1. How can I remove some programs like ICQ which are starting when I start Windows?
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>2. I have several icons on the Quick Launch bar which I don't need. How can I get rid of them?
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>Thanks a lot in advance.