For the windows users in the crowd, it’s important to keep track of what programs are starting up and eating up all of your previous system resources every time you turn your computer on. Lots of unwanted programs like spyware and malware and even some completely benign but memory eating applications flag themselves to load when your computer boots up and windows starts, to make sure they’re available in the background and running at all times. This is great for spyware that wants to keep an eye on what you’re doing, but it’s also good for programs like the one that keeps an eye on the battery life of your wireless keyboard as well, and both of them might have pretty cryptic process names that’ll make them impossible to find. That’s where Startup Inspector comes in.
While msconfig.exe helps you a great deal and is accessable on any Windows 9x/ME/XP system, the interface leaves a bit to be desired, you have processes that don’t seem to link back to actual programs (so you have no idea what disabling something really does), and it’s completely missing for the poor windows 2000 folks still out there. (and I know you’re out there!) Courtesy of Lifehacker.com, our Cool Download was featured as their download of the day, Startup Inspector is a must-have tool for rooting out the cause of startup slowness and getting a handle on spyware that boots when your computer does.