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How do I determine what Windows startup programs I absolutely need to load? Do I really need all of my protection programs like virus and spyware to load at start-up?
Ultimately, in practical terms, this is an unanswerable question. For many Windows startup programs the answer will be “I don’t know”.
But there are definitely steps you can take to at least understand much of what is happening at startup, and perhaps even make a few decisions based on that.