Star and Chameleon Startup Manager Software for Windows

OnStart Pro
$19.95 - Spellway

OnStart Pro is a multi-user startup manager for Windows 2000/XP/2003 that allows you to control all programs that run on system startup. OnStart Pro automatically detects programs in the windows startup folder, system registry and win.ini file and displays them in an easy to use interface.

OnStart Pro allows you to:
- Enable or disable existing programs
- Add or remove programs from startup
- Save backups of different startup configurations and restore them at any time
- Manage multiple user startup configurations.
- Increase system performance and reveal hidden programs

OnStart Pro's unique approach to configuration management lets you configure multiple startup sets on one computer. With just a few clicks you can add or remove programs from every user, or limit certain programs to only certain individuals.

For example, you can prevent your kids from running undesirable programs, or a stop your finance software from running on boot on a Guest user account.

Additionally, OnStart Pro detects and highlights all programs that were automatically added to the system startup configuration without your consent. This allows you to reveal potentially dangerous programs and disable them immediately.

The OnStart Pro can also improve system performance by disabling unwanted programs or programs that have their startup settings hidden deep in multiple layers of preferences and options.

Increase the efficiency of your system and the way you work with OnStart Pro today!

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Startup Select
$24.95 - k.soft

Startup Select is a powerful startup manager to help you get a faster running PC. It allows you to identify, enable disable, and remove the programs located in the Registry and Startup Folders, which run automatically every time Windows starts up. Startup Select contains a builtin database of hundreds of Windows startup programs and their descriptions. Any harmful program entries are highlighted in red, notifying you which entries should be disabled. Using this feature, you can easily identify which Windows startup programs are spyware, adware, hijackers, viruses, and more. Startup Select is the perfect addon tool to use alongside popular spyware cleaning programs. Startup Select makes it easy to manage the programs which run at Windows startup and optimize your PC. Your PC will turn on faster, run faster, and shutdown faster with this powerful optimizing tool.

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Startup-Spy XP 2006
$12 - Carl -E. Sulz

Startup-Spy XP is a powerful tool to administrate all startup values and sections on your system. These sections can be managed professionally, e.g. via Copy'n Paste, Drag'n Drop, markers and other methods enabling you to create new values, edit existing ones or transfer them to other sections. The following startup sections can be managed with Startup-Spy: A list of global values helps you, to search all startup values for a specific value (e.g. filename). This list can be exported to different file formats or searched for filenames not existing. Registry-sections offers you the default startup possibilities, as well as rather hidden ones (like the ActiveX or Shell-sections). The Startup-Spy Tracer can track down any alterations made to your system, via comparing with a former system state or in realtime. Within startup files section you have access to all startup files. Services-section offers you a very powerful tool to manage all services installed on your system. You can e.g. edit, control, delete them, or change the startup type easily. Further sections listed by Startup-Spy: DLL-calls, running processes, Scripts, startup folder, scheduled tasks and various other functions influencing Windows startup. With the Startup-Spy XP manual a detailled help offers information, recommodations and tips to nearly every section. For a selected file, you can access extensive operations (copy, move, properites, a file viewer in ASCII or hex, etc.). Additionally, various tools can be used to work profesionally; e.g. start processes with a specific priority or create a Batch-file controlling services. For detailled error-diagnosis, Startup-Spy offers you the possibility to alter Windows startup behavior, setup different error-checks, delete memory resistant files, etc...

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StartEd
$17 - Outer Technologies

StartEd is a tool which helps you to manage those pesky programs which load from the Registry, Startup folders and Win.ini at Windows Startup. If you need total and direct control over the programs loaded during the booting processes, then StartEd is the answer. It lets you modify and backup the Startup configuration, detects more than 100 Trojan Horses and comes also handy for every system administrator by managing user startup shortcuts.

What can you do with StartEd?

- View, Edit, Delete and Add entries to your startup configuration
- See new startup items since last StartEd use
- Show detailed information about every startup entry
- Launch files
- Create shortcuts on desktop (useful for temporary disabled items)
- Print out and copy startup list to clipboard
- StartEd recognizes more than 100 Trojan Horses in the Startup configuration and displays a warning message

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Chameleon Startup Manager
$24.95 - NeoSoft Tools

Chameleon Startup Manager is a Windows startup, schedule, service and task manager that accelerates Windows startup, ensures that the operating system is more stable and allows you to run various tasks with the possibility to specify the launch condition. It disables any startup programs and fully controls startup by selecting the programs to be launched, while customizing the startup settings (ie how often and when programs should be launched, etc). Chameleon Startup Manager automatically monitors and reports back if new programs have been added to the startup list, while a manager provides advanced details on running applications. The program also offers full support for the Windows x64 edition and Vista.

Chameleon Startup Manager allows you to specify various tasks to be run (15 types - switch off the computer, start a program, stop Winamp, etc.), launch conditions for them (11 types - if Windows is idle, after a program is started, etc.) and on what days and how many times to run them.

When programs are installed on your computer, different and unnecessary applications are often added to the startup list. There can be dozens of such applications, and their simultaneous operation results in slow startup of your computer and considerably reduces its performance. It is possible to enhance efficiency by removing or temporarily disabling those startup programs that are not required. It is also possible to accelerate and better manage Windows startup by launching required programs at regular intervals or after a specified application, instead of starting them concurrently with the operating system.

Either at Windows startup or specified intervals, Chameleon Startup Manager automatically checks if new programs have been added to the startup list. If it finds such programs, it displays a warning to remove them from the startup list if they are not required.

You can create startup profiles and test different configurations by loading saved profiles.

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Chameleon Startup Manager Free Edition
$0 - NeoSoft Tools

Chameleon Startup Manager is a Windows startup, schedule, service and task manager that accelerates Windows startup, ensures that the operating system is more stable and allows you to run various tasks with the possibility to specify the launch condition. It disables any startup programs and fully controls startup by selecting the programs to be launched, while customizing the startup settings (ie how often and when programs should be launched, etc). Chameleon Startup Manager automatically monitors and reports back if new programs have been added to the startup list, while a manager provides advanced details on running applications. The program also offers full support for the Windows x64 edition and Vista.

Chameleon Startup Manager allows you to specify various tasks to be run (15 types - switch off the computer, start a program, stop Winamp, etc.), launch conditions for them (11 types - if Windows is idle, after a program is started, etc.) and on what days and how many times to run them.

When programs are installed on your computer, different and unnecessary applications are often added to the startup list. There can be dozens of such applications, and their simultaneous operation results in slow startup of your computer and considerably reduces its performance. It is possible to enhance efficiency by removing or temporarily disabling those startup programs that are not required. It is also possible to accelerate and better manage Windows startup by launching required programs at regular intervals or after a specified application, instead of starting them concurrently with the operating system.

Either at Windows startup or specified intervals, Chameleon Startup Manager automatically checks if new programs have been added to the startup list. If it finds such programs, it displays a warning to remove them from the startup list if they are not required.

You can create startup profiles and test different configurations by loading saved profiles.

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