Issues with Vista 64

[DCIScouts]

Let me guess, you installed Norton? lol

After installing new programs, I always make sure the unnecessary ones are not booting
at startup.

If that doesn't work, look into this:
http://www.wikihow.com/Alter-Startup-Programs-in-Windows-XP

Please read the entire thread before replying to the original post to see if the issue has been resolved by any other users (as it was in this case...). Thank you for the interest to help, however it usually just causes more confusion in the end.