Many programs that can run on a Windows system at startup, including those created by viruses, worms, spyware, and trojans.One of the major reasons why a computer might feel sluggish or slow is a high number of startup programs.RunScanner is a freeware windows system utility to detect autostart programs, spyware, adware, homepage hijackers, unverified drivers and other problems.You can import and export your results and let other people help you to solve your problems.

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Features

  • 100+ start/hijack locations 
  • Online malware analysis
  • Import and export of .run files
  • Powerful process killer
  • Save to text log file
  • Powerful file filtering
  • Host file editor
  • History backup / restore
  • Explorer jump
  • Analysis of file certificates 
  • Beginner, Expert mode
  • Bit9 FileAdvisor MD5 lookup
  • Systemlookup.com lookup 
  • Upload file to VirusTotal 
  • Analyze loaded modules 
  • Google lookup
  • Runscanner database lookup
  • Regedit jump

It also includes a Hosts file editor and a process killer that enables you to terminate a selected process. The program keeps a history of all changes and allow you to restore settings if the need should arise.There  is no need to install this tool.2 modes are  available – Beginner and Expert.You can not make any changes in Beginner mode.All startup tweaks, scanning, reporting, filtering and delete features are available in Expert mode.You can upload scanned report  for online malware analysis.

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Download | 1.57MB | Freeware | OS:Windows All |Home page

Many of you concerned about the poor performance of your Windows computer due to the number of programs that run at system startup.Most of them will appear in the System Tray in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen - next to the clock. Programs like MSN, AOL, Skype, ICQ, RealPlayer, usually  runs at the background without user's knowledge, thus using up RAM and processing power in turn causing our computer to be sluggish, waste memory and resources of your computer.This also  slow down the boot drastically.So turning off  these programs could be to free up memory to increase system performance.

One way to configure startup programs is  to click Start, Run, enter msconfig, choose the Startup tab, and uncheck unwanted startup programs  and finally restart Windows.Here is a free tool called ‘Disable Startup’  which  can scan all Windows Startups on your computer, and monitor all new startup items, helps you control, manage and optimize Windows Startup  configuration.This software can help you save system memory and resources by disable unnecessary programs. Disable Startup also monitor the start page of Internet Explorer; stop any change that you don't know.

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Disable Startup help you disable unwanted startup applications quickly and easy,lock your Windows Startups from changes. keep a constant eye on your system's startup entries and IE start pages, When ever a change is made, you will be notified and given a choice to either allow the change or not to change.

Download :Disable Startup  | 609KB | Os:Windows XP and Vista.

Also read : Speed up Slow Windows Startup With Startup Delayer

Windows7 actually boot more rapidly than other Windows versions. But the more programs you install, the slower your PC will start (It is true of all Windows editions).When Windows loads it's Startup file  attempts to load every program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and grab CPU time so that it can load.If you have a lot of programs like  Antivirus, Firewall, MS Office quick start bar, Mouse Manager, Yahoo Messenger  etc  leads high overwork on the hard disk and this saturates Ram and CPU .This slow down the boot drastically.

Startup Delayer is a great tool that tells the startup programs you select to sit tight, be patient, and run a little bit later—after some of the traffic has cleared.

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For Example:
If you have your mail program and a special clock starting up, then you can make your mail start say 10 seconds after Windows has loaded, and then the special clock start 20 seconds after Windows Starts.The end result is that your computer boots much more quickly. The utility presents you with a list of all the programs that start when your system does. To set a delay for any of them, just drag the item to the white bar at the bottom of the window. You will see a line representing the application; drag it left or right to decrease or increase the delay. Startup Delayer is a freebie, and it’s one of the best ways to speed up a slow-booting computer. Even one that runs Windows 7

Download :Startup Delayer | 979KB