Sometimes, without you knowing, some programs install themselves in the Windows startup. This means that the PC takes longer to start up, or even worse, it could be spyware that has installed itself there. For this reason it is always a good idea to have a utility like StartUp Cop.
The mission of StartUp Cop is to check all the programs that run on Windows startup. Once checked, it makes a list of them, so the user can decide to deactivate them or not, or directly eliminate them.
StartUp Cop lets you, once you`ve cleaned everything, make a backup of the only programs that should run on startup, in case you need to restore them in future.