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Zards Startup Defender 3.9

Startup Defender is a small Windows startup manager program that sits in your Windows tray and constantly monitors in real time the startup locations on your PC to help prevent programs from auto starting up behind your back.

If a program tries to write itself into any startup location Startup Defender will pop up a windows and ask if the program is allowed to place itself to start automatically with Windows. Also you can disable/enable any programs that are currently installed to startup automatically.

If there is an entry you are not sure what it is then you can Google it to see if it is needed or even harmful and choose if you want it to load it at startup or not. For the annoying programs that try to repeatedly place themselves in the autorun for Windows you can click the auto block so that Startup Defender stops them without you having to bother with them anymore. Also you can now view all processes and services then selectively start/stop each one.

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Include an automatic shut down of Zards Startup Defender once the start up process has completed.

Once the computer as completed it's start up sequence and all programs are running, it would be a useful attribute if the program could automatically switch off to save on system resources.

Whiterabbit-uk, 29.03.2012, 07:46

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Zards Startup Defender 3.9

Mark important and/or essential start-up programs to make them obvious to novice users.

Add a security risk indicator. Color coding those at most risk Red to Green for the lowest risk

Include the ability to automatically link each start-up program/process with an online virus checker such as Virus Total.

This program automatically installs itself to the computers start up que without asking permission. The developer should allow the user to choose whether to install to the start up.

Include the ability to run Zards Startup Defender from a portable device. This would save on system resources.

Once registered remove the registration item in the 'Help' drop down menu.

Include an automatic shut down of Zards Startup Defender once the start up process has completed.

Include the ability to temporarily stop start up items so that you have more control over what programs are running in the background at specific times, for example when you are playing high end games you don't need a lot of system resources runni

Include a network option so that I can control the start up programs opening on all of the computers on my home network

Improve the amount of information given to each start up program when highlighting it, there is very little information given about any of the start up programs in my list compared to the likes of the freeware version of Anvir Task Manager

Include an offline help document with links to decent video tutorials - essential for novice users and useful for any user.

Include the ability to separate Windows and non-Windows services from the toolbar.

Improve the GUI, it looks boring.

Convert this program to freeware. There are 'better' freeware startup managers already available

If I purchased a copy of this program would I get a lifetime licence or just version upgrades? I couldn't find any information about this on your website.

If using this with a laptop be able to create a separate list of start up programs that automatically starts if the laptop is on battery only

Include the ability to check each process and Service via Google (as you can with the Start-up programs)

Include a Tsk Manager as integral with the Start Up Defender and then separate programs as well as Startup's, Services and Processes

Include information about drivers linked to their target programs. You could even include information about the version number and whether updates are available.

Enable a faster boot-time by being able to start up more than one process, service and program at a time. Using mulit-core cpus, this should be possible; the more cores, the faster they load.

Create a useful suite of tools by including Startup Defender with Cleanse Uninstaller, Task Manager (GoGoStop) and the Menu Organizer rather than selling them seperately.

Enable users to choose the installation path. This program automatically installs to the root directory (usually C:\) without giving the option to change to another path.

Installing Over Older Version - The last time GOTD offered this program, I installed it (v2.2.0.0 - I believe), and have used it ever since. It is a GREAT little program that I harly notice is there. Uses very little resorces, etc. But when I went to

See it install so I can use it!