Note: this howto is not about removing any program components, only preventing them from running on startup.
If you frequently start or restart your computer you will find that you will save a lot of time and your minimal time invested will be well worth your trouble. This annoying problem can be easily solved by investing only a few minutes of your time to identify the programs running on computer startup and prevent them from running. The problem is that all of these programs and processes take up memory, CPU time, and other resources that can significantly slow your computer. Most computer manufacturers including Dell, are notorious for pre-bundling unnecessary software that runs in the background of your system. More and more, programs are inserting themselves into the startup process so that every time you turn on your computer all sorts of unnecessary programs are running in the background without your permission. This can be very frustrating to the user. So you start up your computer only to wait 5 to even 15 minutes for Windows to fully load before you can go ahead and use your computer. Startup Programs and Removing Them Written by Mark Sanborn: Aug 9, 2007