Will enable see what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login

Autoruns' "Hide Signed Microsoft Entries " option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc.

Autoruns works on all versions of Windows including Windows XP 64-bit Edition (for x64) and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition (for x64).

Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

This utility (AutoRuns), that has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor (A starting list of auto-run locations was obtained from David Solomon's "Windows Internals" seminar), shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them.

These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. Autoruns is configured to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, browser helper objects, toolbars, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services and more.

You can compare the current Autoruns display with previous results that you've saved. Select File|Compare and browse to the saved file. Autoruns will display in green any recent items, that correspond to entries that are not present in the saved file. Note that it doesn't show deleted items.