winme (2 products)

Startup Guru 1.3 (Shareware, $19.95)

Startup Guru will manage the programs that load on your Windows computer each time it starts. You can add, remove or temporarily disable any item. Great for removing adware/spyware or anything else that is slowing down your ability to get started using your computer! The ability to schedule startup items is another handy feature. Many programs don't need to start right away, so setting them to start at a specific time after bootup helps to optimize the bootup process. By spacing out the many programs that may be loading it will keep programs from fighting for your precious system resources all at once. Doing so allows you to access your computer faster! Startup Guru can also remove reoccurring entries from your system areas on boot up. If you have some type of adware/spyware that keeps inserting itself you can allow Startup Guru to remove the entry on bootup before it is accessed. In the Advanced mode you can utilize Profiles to store bootup options. Create a profile for when you play games, one for when you'

StormWindow Me 6.02 (Shareware, $30)

Cetus StormWindow [TM] for Windows Me will allow the authorized user to add several types and degrees of protections to the desktop and system of a Windows Me computer. Intelligent use of StormWindow security measures will allow secure use of any shared Windows Me computer. Examples of desktop protections include: protecting individual desktop icons; hiding individual Start Menu program groups and links; preventing the saving of desktop changes; hiding individual drives in My Computer and Explorer; hiding the Start Menu Settings Folders (Control Panel and Printers) and/or Taskbar; and hiding the entire Network Neighborhood, or just Entire Network or Workgroup Contents within it. Some of the system protections include: disabling the MS-DOS prompt and/or the exiting to MS-DOS mode; preventing "warm booting" (Ctrl-Alt-Del) and task switching; blocking the running of Registration Editor and/or System Policy Editor; preventing the merging of .REG files into the Registry; preventing the addition or deletion of prin