>Many programs insert themselves to run at startup when they're not needed 
>all the time.  This not only slows your computer down, like driving your 
>car with a bootful of lead, but is much more likely to result in possible 
>conflicts and instability.

PCmag's Download Cop lets you select, reorder, delay, suspend program startups, tells you how much memory each runs, lets you terminate.

Rob

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