Textedit Always opening at startup

Hi everyone, Im vert new to these discussion, sorry if I have done something wrong.
I just updated my iBook to Leopard and everytime I startup it opens textedit.
Text edit is not in my dock and its not set to open at startup
Every time it opens it says HP communications on the top
Message was edited by: iaculch

The "HP communications" text document problem only happens to upgrade installations. There is mention of this problem, both at Macrumors and Macslash. The problem also seems to make it difficult to use an HP printer or scanner for some people. I guess you're looking at incompatible drivers for one of HP's products.
The answers that seem to work is to delete your printers or whatever device, and download new Leopard versions of the right drivers for your device.
If it's any consolation, there were some who reported this during OS 10.2 and 10.4 upgrades in the past. HP seems to tailor their drivers very closely to the OS they are created for, and fail for a lot of upgraders.

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