Windows XP users have the convenience of choosing preferred programs and applications for the computer's startup process. Many native Windows components automatically start up. Additionally, you can ...

If your Windows XP computer shuts down unexpectedly or if disk errors are detected, the automatic Check Disk Utility will run during the startup process. If the hard disks are large, the Check Disk ...

Unless you built your PC yourself, there are probably a bunch of programs installed on your system that start with Windows, though what they do--and whether they really need to start with Windows--is ...

Startup folder would be for running at logon. To run at startup, you'd probably have to add a Registry entry in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run.