Q: It's a Dell Xp, I think it needs it, hasn't been used for a year and I don't know much about computers.thanks!
A: click on start, then click on run and type "msconfig" w/out the ("") then click on the startup tab and disable all of the things you do not want to start up for example software like itunes or what ever. then restart your computer. The result is a faster start-up