I've got an old laptop that seems to be loaded with junk that runs in the background and upon startup. Is there a decent utility I can use to clean some of that crap up?
Running Windows Professional XP 5.1
www.ubuntu.com Naw Chief knows of something, I'm pretty sure.
I doubt you're going to be able to get flash video of much quality to play on those specs. That's not really that bad of a laptop for just basic web surfing, but as Nathan said, flash is a pig.
SF - try "CCleaner" - nice little app that does all that stuff for you in one go. Will clean obsolete entries out of the registry too.
Looks good to me.