When exactly do startup programs start?

Question

Windows

Good day.
Interested in this question: when are all the same programs are launched from autorun?
At the start of the entire system or at the first user login?

Answer 1

Windows has more than a dozen ways to "autoload": https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/down... see screenshot.
So the answer depends on what you are talking about.