First, start regedit and expand the following keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Beneath each key, you may find a similar key followed by a hyphen(Run-,RunServices-).
This is where some of the disabled programs are stored.  You can delete individual
programs or the entire key.  Next, check
"C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items" and move or delete any
unwanted items.  Finally, open "C:\Windows\Win.ini" and check the "[windows]" section
for "norun=" and "noload=".

Ben

Clean up your startup group:
http://www.westelcom.com/users/rogersr/clean.htm

Startup Programs Loading:
http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm

Please note that two entries for "LoadPowerProfile" is normal.

1. Make a list of the entries, and figure out what each does, which you have
Enabled and which Disabled.

2. Open MSCONFIG, choose Normal Startup, Apply and Close, but don't reboot.

3. Now is the time to run MSINFO32, expand Software, click on Startup Items,
select all in right-hand pane, copy (click anywhere in right-hand pane, Ctrl-A,
Ctrl-C.) Make a New Text file (right-click Desktop, New, Text file) and paste
the info into the file (Ctrl-V to paste.) If you want advice on the list, post
the contents here, or wait until later and only post items you can't figure out.

4. Reboot. See what starts up, what causes errors. Append info to your List.

5. Using MSCONFIG, determine which startup commands are actually causing errors.
Disable problems and restart, repeating as necessary until you have no errors
upon restart. Make a list of the error-causing items, try to figure out if it's
an error with no consequences (belongs to a deleted/uninstalled program) or one
you want to fix (belongs to a program that is having problems and that you
*want* to run at startup.)

6. Right-click each System Tray icon. I bet a lot of the list of things that are
still enabled are living in the Tray. If you no longer want them running at
startup, find the Settings, Preferences, whatever, and see if you configure them
more to your liking. If you no longer want the program installed, uninstall
it--methods may vary.

7. Take stock--what's left in the list that doesn't cause errors, isn't in the
Tray, and is still loading at startup? Figure out what each is, and remember
there are five standard Windows items you shouldn't mess with: ScanRegistry,
System Tray, AppMon (Application Monitor), and two instances of
LoadPowerProfile.

8. You should by now have pared down the list to items that are enabled because
you want them to be, and items that are disabled because you can't figure out
any other way to stop them from loading, or trying to load--causing an error--at
startup.

9. Compare with your original MSINFO32 list; You're looking for where the
enabled item was loading from:

Items loaded by commands in the Registry will be loaded from keys with the same
name, only with a - (minus sign) tacked on:

MACHINE RUN = HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Disabled MACHINE RUN = Same as above only ending in "Run-"

Same for other two Registry keys:
PER USER RUN = HKCU\.....\Run
MACHINE SERVICE = HKLM\....\RunServices

STARTUP GROUP = Start>Programs>Startup folder. Disabled items are in folder
called "Disabled Startup Items"

Only other possibilities are load= and run= lines in Win.ini. If they are
disabled, there will be notations and disabling characters in Win.ini.
Permanently delete these lines if you don't want them anymore. As for the rest
of them, you can delete the Run- and RunServices- keys altogether, and same for
Disabled Startup Items folder--But be SURE that all these contain are items you
want to get rid of. Safe computing procedures would dictate that before editing
the Registry, you make sure you have a full and recent backup, and that before
deleting individual items, you highlight the key and use File>Export to save a
copy. And if you want to save Disabled Startup Group Folder, just drag it from
the Start>Programs menu to somewhere else.