Are you curious to know which is the best tool for managing the startup items in Windows? Check out this thorough analysis.

What’s the Best Startup Manager for Windows?

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Here’s how you can stop programs from adding themselves to Windows startup.

How to Stop Programs From Adding Themselves to Windows Startup

A nice tool to identify the programs delaying Windows startup and deal with them.

How to Use Quick Startup to Reduce Windows Boot Time

If you are having problems with your Windows 7/Vista startup, then you might want to use the Startup Repair tool. This tutorials shows how and when to use the tool to fix your problems. Very useful when your Windows refuses to boot properly.

Fix Windows 7 using Startup Repair

If you were ever curious to see which drivers load and when at startup, this tiny app, weighing in at a whopping 43kb, will do the trick. That’s pretty much it. Works with 32bit versions of XP and Vista, we also tested on 7 as seen above.

Download LoadOrder v1.0 from Technet (Sysinternals)

Autostart Explorer digs deep into the registry to find all files that autostart.

Download Autostart Explorer v2.1 from Softpedia

The Disable Startup application warns you anytime an application tries to add itself to your startup.

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