Is it a particular program that you would like to delay, or just all of them in Startup ???? There ARE several progs out there that will allow this and they have a rather small footprint I believe.... I understand your not wanting another prog to run, but doing this by editing the registry *Might* be a real bummer....... Try doing the Google for something like "Delay startup programs in Registry" or "Editing the registry to delay startup programs"......you'll have to fool with this.....
But ANYWAY:
Here's one site to check out....
And another.....
And one more for now...
Best of luck to ya sir !!! That's an interesting question, and though I don't have any progs I wanna delay, I'd like to know myself !!!