How do i get certain programs from not running at Startup??

I know the whole msconfig thing and startup tab then unselecting them but....... Everytime i use a program like Ares or Utorrent or MSN etc etc they come back on the startup tab. Now i tried deleting them from it alltogether int he registry but the programs just make it again.

Is there a way to stop this?

Yeh but as soon as i start the program again it auto turns it on :(

Btw how do i get rid of Ctfmon? It says its a microsoft word process which i dont use grrr sooo annyoing.

Use another program...

As for ctfmon, it's part of the Office XP suite. Here are the removal instructions:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q282599

go to run, and type msconfigncderek

Yeah, what he said, can't get simpler than that.