It may be a surprise to some to learn that the Windows Start menu isn’t just a static thing. In fact, you can customize it ...

The Startup page in Windows 11’s Settings is really useful for toggling which apps auto-start when you boot the system. But the more apps you have enabled in Startup, the longer it takes for Windows ...

I'd also check your shell startup files like .bash_profile to make sure something isn't going on there. The other issue is that I think since Lion you have applications autostart at login if they were ...