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It works pretty well:

http://www.fgroupsoft.com/Absolutestartup/

Its not free though, but it is very good, since it allows you to set delays, and have more control over start up procedures.

Features:

* Manage all the windows startup programs located anywhere: in the registry, in the windows startup folders or in the win.ini file.
* Get the information about startup programs, run and stop them.
* Optimize the system boot time and memory usage.
* Enhance your system environment - start several programs with one click, trace starts of other programs.
* Trace the startup process and get the information about any changes in it.
* Start any applications, documents or web pages at startup.
* Temporary disable windows autostarted applications
* Backup startup configuration into *.reg. file and easy restore them without any startup manager!
* Other system users startup configuration accessible to view and edit.
* Enjoy a user-friendly interface - with the drag and drop support, start and stop functions and a smart undo interface.
* Options easy and safe to modify due to contents hints.
* Clipboard support added.
* Viruses and spyware decetor to remove harmful programs.
* Update program database from Internet.
* Get info about program from Internet function.
* Freeze startup configuration to use one stable configuration.
* Create link at desktop function added.
* Publish list of startup program into html list.
* Warning - "File not exists".
* Description of startup registry items.
* Highlighting new programs in list.
-> * Start a program on certain days, at certain time, with a necessary delay.
* Start applications after a certain program.
* Start applications after a dialup Internet connection is established.
* Control any startups by pressing only one key!
* Delay and controlled startup for all scheduled items!
* Help system for newbies and pro online.
 
I used msconfig to deselect all of the programs I donät need to start up with and it works prettz good.
 
Yeah it does, but one thing missing from that is the ability to delay certain programs for set times/seconds before starting up.

For instance, let the smaller programs load up first, and then let the bigger programs start up after with delays to give the processor some time to recover.
 
I think, just for fun, I'm going to really time my startup this time, and not just give out estimates :D. Just a moment...

Okay, it took 44 seconds to get to the desktop, and 67 seconds for everything to load up, including AIM, Outlook, Norton, Steam, Speedfan, Quicktime, and other miscellaneous applications.

The RAID startup screen takes about 10 seconds of that time getting to the desktop.

EDIT: Dang, I really made it sound like I was being definitive on those posts above... That was just an estimate, and a bad one at that. So... maybe I stretched the truth a bit, eh? :D
 
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