Thanks guy, guess it's time to start playign with MSConfig

"Kev" wrote in message
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pjp wrote:
ATI2cwxx

For some ATI video cards. Probably used to access features and may not
be required - for example the ATI Radeon works fine without it

ATIPOL
ATIPOLAB

ATI External Event Utility EXE Module. This task can comsume lots of CPU
resournces on some computers, but it can help with graphics card
problems. Leave enabled unless it consumes too many CPU resources

ATISmart

ATI's "SMARTGART", which is included with the "Catalyst" drivers. When
the system boots, it runs a couple of bus tests & tries to apply the
most stable settings