Hi Vic,I've been monitoring this thread with interest, although I haven't yet got Fs2004.
I haven't used End it All for quite a while, and now have WinXP. Having seen your recommendation I installed Starter. As far as I can tell, to get the benefit of its selections, you have to restart the computer. Is this how you find it works? I apologise for asking a dumb question.
When I used End it All, it killed everything but Explorer and Systray, clearing the system at that moment for MSFS, and leaving the next boot as standard.
I wouldn't want Starter to do a stripped-down boot every time, and I don't see any way to save particular settings.
regards, Jim