mardigras

Could be another program that called for the media player or maybe something installed a shortcut in Start>Programs>Startup

If you slide the Location column over while in msconfig startup you can see the whole name of what executable is being called to see if it is actually Win</>dows or if it's part of a program you don't want (in which case you'll know what to remove from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel); if it's another program but something you want to keep you can probably launch the program itself and set it's options.

I think peeking in at msconfig startup every once in awhile is just as important as updating and running your anti-virus & spyware programs There is little that you need enabled there. Anything you don't need to launch with Win</>dows every time (ie anti-virus) should be launched from a real shortcut you can stick on the quicklaunch bar, desktop or browser shortcut areas. When you have a bunch of un-needed programs running in the background you are more likely to have conflicts, not to mention slow some systems down.

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