autostart programs

Hi

i was noticing how many processes i have at startup. e.g. itunes helper and my digital camera process. concidering i dont use itunes much i dont need it running all the time and also i dont have an ipid so i dont need the ipod service running.

whats a good piece of software that i can use to stop these from starting up and telling me if they needed or not?

i got a 3200 amd 64 bit processer 1gb ram and the number of processes after i log in is 86 is this alot more than most people here?

thanks in advance
lodore

 

Many softwares do this already. Your uninstaller, a lot of registry cleaners, system suites.. You can use Hijackthis to control your start up. Thats a small download and a 0$ price.

 

Two good choices:
SysInternals autoruns: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Starter by CodeStuff: http://members.lycos.co.uk/codestuff/

Edit: I have 28 processes after login and 150 MB Commit Charge

 

hey thanks peeps. f-secure uses 18 processes. if i replaced it with nod32 or kaspersky i would have 16 less processes

 

Mem lists the 2 best IMO. I rely heavily on Starter, using Autoruns only once in a while. At home, I have around 30 processes after boot and at work it's 26 or 27. Lean and mean!

 

lol only 30. i mainly dont change that.

 

21 with my browser running connected by wireless. Commit charge of 167 MB. Not to bad for an ol T21 running XP Pro.