> I wish people who wrote software understood that just because I install it doesn't > mean I need it to slow down my boot time just so you can load your software faster. > Microsoft has gotten much better at limiting their stuff so they can achieve faster > boot times. I wish MS would make it impossible for anything to run at startup unless > you choose to do so.
There was an option in... Administrative Tools, I think? That let you stop programs from loading automatically on startup. It's not perfect, but at least it stops them in their tracks.