Here's a great freeware startup manager
Another freeware gem found via Lockergnomes: Starter. This very nicely designed freeware tool displays all startup items on your system, broken down by where they "live" - Registry, Startup Items folder, or win.ini file and allows you to turn unnecessary items off. While it doesn't display any information about the items like The Ultimate Troubleshooter I wrote about a while back, if you know what you're doing, the price is right.
