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The free utility on the Windows Sysinternals site, Autoruns, will tell you what programs run when you boot up Windows, or open key programs like Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer. There are different tabs that show which programs run for various applications.
If you go the Options menu, and select 'Hide Microsoft Entries', Autoruns will only display third party software that starts up by itself.
