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Controlling Startup programs using Windows Defender

Startup Inspector

Startup List

Startup Guard - simple program with icon on taskbar, monitors startup entries., alerts to changes

Browser Sentinel (Free Trial) - provides info on installed BHO's plus options to disable or for a clean BHO removal (removes the registry entry, the file, and unregisters the DLL module). Also addresses LSP's, ActiveX, Pages, Search Strings, Prefixes, Toolbars, Loaded Modules, Startup and Running Programs, Hosts file, common misconfigurations, NT Drivers, and more.

Windows Defender - includes Software Explorer to view Startup and Running programs, Network connected programs, and Winsock Service Providers. Quality free anti-spyware offering from Microsoft, runs unobtrusively, performs scheduled scans, nice animated taskbar icon ( go to 'Tools' - 'Options' for display and scan options). Comes pre-installed as part of Windows Vista.