Do you have items starting up on your computer that you don't want to start up? Do you spend forever counting tiles on your ceiling while your computer is booting up? If so, your startup time could be greatly decreased by following these instructions.
This is how you can stop them from starting up:
1. Click on "Start"
2. Click on "Run"
3. When the dialog box pops up, type "MSCONFIG" in the box, and click on "OK". (The following screen will be displayed)
4. Click on the "Startup" tab. (the following screen will be displayed)
5. Find the programs you wish to disable from starting up, and uncheck the boxes.
6. When you are done, click on "OK".
7. At this point, you can either restart your computer or not. If you wish to have the items disabled immediately, go ahead and restart.
8. After you restart, you will get a message as follows:
9. Click on the check box to not display the message again, and then click on "OK".
10. If you find you have disabled something that you want re-enabled, just follow this process again and select the box(es) of the item(s) you wish to re-enable.
I hope this helps at least one person.
Hugz 
