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While playing around with a UV light I bought (for my puppy during potty training and a carpet I realized many things we see everyday have UV markings on them to deter counterfeiting. Below are some of my findings.

Amateur Radio License - you can see the markings in the paper it is printed on
Savings Bond - you can see the markings on the paper and the emblem to the right
Visa and MasterCard - you can see the symbol and letters
Texas License from about 10+ years ago even then has the word Texas written diagonally in UV
North Carolina Car Title - This has NCDMV repeated over the title
The 5$ bill and higher - you can see the marking on the left - Newer bills also turn pink under the blacklight

Here is a link I definitely thought was worth mentioning. A List of all the start up programs in Windows XP and wheter or not they NEED to run or are dangerous.

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?letter=&filter=&count=50&offse t=12500

If you are like I am and you are always trying to streamline your XP box to get only the services you NEED running in MSCONFIG or want to see if some programs are adware, viruses, trojans, drivers, etc.. this list has some of the most common, whether they are required and what they are. This has to be one of the most excellent resources I have seen.

To check to see what startup programs you have, Click on START then RUN And type MSCONFIG in the RUN box and hit ENTER. You will see a new window come up and the STARTUP tab on the right has all of the programs that start up when your computer boots. Just check these programs against the list and see if that program is needed or not.