When I turn on my computer it shows program running and I can't find the program?

When I turn on computer, below my name it says program running.This appears before I log on to internet.

Open up System Preferences>Startup Disk and make sure the  Macintosh HD, or whatever you may have named it,  is set  there. Also reset the PRAM. Shutdown, hold down Option(alt)-Cmd-P-R all togther at the startup chime, wait until you hear two more chimes, total three chimes, then let go to finish booting.

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