I am running xp windows and my daughter has been downloading bits and pieces which are in the start up program. This means it takes ages to start my comp. Can somebody tell me how to delete these unwanted programs from start up please

Thanks

There are free programs such as TweakUI and Xsetup which can help with this.

... and if you're not sure what some of the program names that seem to be getting loaded are, there is a good list on http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

It will tell you if the programs are needed or not.