Many of the programs that start up at boot time do not figure in the Startup folder. If you want to stop more than one application from loading at bootup, you will normally need to go and turn off the preference in each application one by one. Tedious and time consuming. This hack can help you do this in one go.
Navigate to:
HLM\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run
And to:
HCU\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run
All the programs that load at boot time will be specified under these two keys. Review the applications listed in this list and delete all the entries you don’t want started up at boot time. Next bootup, they’ll be gone.
Be careful not to delete needed programs such as anti-virus and antispyware programs. You should be able to identify them by their path if not by the file name.
