If you run msconfig at the dos prompt start:run then click on startup you can see what programs start when your computer starts, you can then click off any programs that shouldn`t be running. A lot of these types of programs are put into program files so you can look there for the company name or the program name and then delete the program, if you uninstall it there might be some other hidden program put on your computer. This works with windows xp and windows 98.