When starting up windows it seems to me that the time between (desktop is shown) and (the program you clicked has been opened -usually firefox-) is getting longer and longer.

I'm using winXP SP2.
Programs which start when windows start are:
MSN
Stuffplug
Is there a way to get a whole list?

Does anyone have suggestions to speed this up?
I was thinking of decreasing the number of applications which run at startup. Is there a way to find these and can anybody tell me which I can safely remove?

Edit: typo

Download AutoRuns, select "Hide Microsoft entries", and post a list of your startup items.

you can use the built-in msconfig

just type it in Run then select the startup tab

I don't know a way to copy this, so I took a screenshot and here is a list of items below the scrollbar:
- Blootooth manager
- MS Office
- Poort van Symantec

BTW: I alreay tried to resize the window. (Didn't work.)

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Originally posted by roflmao456
you can use the built-in msconfig

just type it in Run then select the startup tab

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Originally posted by somelauw
BTW: I alreay tried to resize the window. (Didn't work.)

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My thought was: Why downloading a tool if it's built-in?
But alright: I downloaded it.

I think I need to use autorunsc -m to print it?

code:

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C:\Documents and Settings\Laptop>chdir C:\Documents and Settings\Laptop\Mijn doc
umenten\Autoruns

C:\Documents and Settings\Laptop\Mijn documenten\Autoruns>autorunsc -m

Sysinternals Autoruns v9.13 - Autostart program viewer
Copyright 2002-2008 Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com


HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   SynTPLpr
     C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
     TouchPad Driver Helper Application
     Synaptics, Inc.
     7.12.0002.0000
     c:\program files\synaptics\syntp\syntplpr.exe
     9251920a850093df771b80fbbcc524f3 (MD5)
     1410bd01567d4f1099c2e45bdb9c40b7af18ede8 (SHA-1)
   SynTPEnh
     C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
     Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements
     Synaptics, Inc.
     7.12.0002.0000
     c:\program files\synaptics\syntp\syntpenh.exe
     267edce06d1b263fbad0d16e6bd6bb03 (MD5)
     5637c369a9b125f0ab9018be89ed7c2a51a385e9 (SHA-1)
   IgfxTray
     C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
     igfxTray Module
     Intel Corporation
     3.00.0000.4291
     c:\windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
     7fde1b477bbdd4dd905c0612954042f0 (MD5)
     3e114690aea760ae4dc3e344ff984a29cb51250e (SHA-1)
   HotKeysCmds
     C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
     hkcmd Module
     Intel Corporation
     3.00.0000.4291
     c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
     8a265bbcf604292ed59ff823bb99e49b (MD5)
     b25104a0f8a49af7e068a67825038a7e7eab6a02 (SHA-1)
   SMSERIAL
     sm56hlpr.exe
     Motorola SM56 Win32 Utility
     Motorola Inc.
     6.10.0002.0102
     c:\windows\sm56hlpr.exe
     77ce2cf917acbfb957ecf7984c313b8f (MD5)
     1f50d2c4ed86aee55540dc23a258f143b7787020 (SHA-1)
   SunJavaUpdateSched
     "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe"
     Java(TM) Platform SE binary
     Sun Microsystems, Inc.
     6.00.0030.0005
     c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe
     d4f0f7437327dbaa264338baafb5e5af (MD5)
     c668421e98c76af8cd8542e6ca56992d6efe828f (SHA-1)
   Norman ZANDA
     C:\Norman\Npm\bin\ZLH.EXE /LOAD /SPLASH
     Norman ZLH
     Norman ASA
     5.90.0000.0002
     c:\norman\npm\bin\zlh.exe
     cdf0275394bb2d72ded20bc35964e9b5 (MD5)
     5ed94d204887b5d5afb59f259f62014cd5cb08cb (SHA-1)
   NeroFilterCheck
     C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
     NeroCheck
     Ahead Software Gmbh
     1.00.0000.0002
     c:\windows\system32\nerocheck.exe
     3e4c03cefad8de135263236b61a49c90 (MD5)
     02ff27df6bdaec02b455dc611ef2d090fb8271d4 (SHA-1)
   Adobe Photo Downloader
     "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.2\Apps\apdproxy.e
xe"
     File not found: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.2\
Apps\apdproxy.exe
   Adobe Reader Speed Launcher
     "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
     Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher
     Adobe Systems Incorporated
     8.00.0000.0000
     c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\reader\reader_sl.exe
     e28d00ec675f5f5a5a0555e7a4523a6e (MD5)
     0d8ec37a4e706069b69c6dd73c0468852fe68ae0 (SHA-1)

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Start\Programma's\Opstarten
   Bluetooth Manager.lnk
     C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Start\Programma's\Opstarten\Blueto
oth Manager.lnk
     c:\program files\toshiba\bluetooth toshiba stack\tosbtmng1.exe
     12dd399a5697b308c677cf96c0d1bbd9 (MD5)
     24335796658141a6ec775e644499b6aaa6980388 (SHA-1)

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IMO, disable this:

Nero Filter check
SunJavaUpdateSched (just checks for updates for Java)
Adobe Photo Downloader (if you use Adobe Album to see pictures don't disable it)

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Originally posted by somelauw
Could I disable all of them?

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Well, I don't know what all programs do, like for example SMSerial. I don't think it's safe to remove.
Nero was a program for making back-ups of dvd's or something like. I don't really know what it's use is.
If I remove Sun Java out of the list, will I still be able to run java applications?
I will uninstall Adobe sometime. I don't know why I downloaded it.

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Originally posted by somelauw

Well, I don't know what all programs do, like for example SMSerial. I don't think it's safe to remove.

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Originally posted by http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=SMSerial

Motorola based modem driver

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http://sysinfo.org

Good spot for checking if a startup item is needed or not.

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Originally posted by somelauw
I don't think it's safe to remove.

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