Sorry I'm jumping in so late here, but if anyone's still listening...

<a href="http://www.winpatrol.com">WinPatrol</a> is an excellent task manager utility that, among its numerous useful functions, lets you choose the delay intervals for startup applications.

I now prefer <a href="http://www.anvir.com">AnVir Task Manager</a>, with similar functionality. However, AnVir's main drawback, in my opinion, is that the startup delay is not configurable -- it's 1 minute for all startup apps you choose to delay.

Both come in free and paid versions. I  briefly reviewed WinPatrol in post <a href="http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com/2007/03/11-control-your-startups.html">#11</a> of my utilites blog, and AnVir in post <a href="http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com/2008/02/57-new-love-in-my-life.html">#57</a>.

I hope this is helpful.

Sorry for the late entry. I just noticed this thread in the newsletter.

The free version of Good Sync is indeed crippled. If you want a file and folder synchronizer program, some swear by Karen's Replicator or SyncBack Free, but I chose Allway Sync. You can read my review in post #27 of my utilities blog (http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com). I followed up on Good Sync in post #28.

I hope this is helpful.