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Jim Thompson wrote:
> 
> I've been paring out unneeded Windows Services... practically HALVED
> my memory usage on boot-up :-)
> 
> Now I've got something popping up a DOS window during boot-up.
> 
> It pops up and goes away so fast I can't manage to snag it with
> "Pause" to see what it is.
> 
> Is there a way to boot-up that steps thru the boot-up, loading one
> item at a time?


   Boot up in Safe Mode and see what's loading.