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Every time I start XP home edition a series of windows such as system32,
dialup connection also open. They are not on the startup menu and I do not
know how to stop this happening.
Any ideas?

Sounds like malware: check the following group for assistance, this group is
for users of 64 bit Windows XP, you using 32-bit Windows XP:
microsoft.public.security
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"farmer rob" <> wrote in message
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> Every time I start XP home edition a series of windows such as system32,
> dialup connection also open. They are not on the startup menu and I do not
> know how to stop this happening.
> Any ideas?