Safari, not a Login item, starts up automatically

. . . with a blank page instead of the selected home page. The only Login items for my account are:
AdobeResourceSynchronizer (with its "Kind" unrecognized)
Dropbox
Mouseworks Background (for an old Turbomouse)
XPSLauncher
This is my work machine and was recently upgraded to OS 10.6. The Safari automatic load issue may have started with the upgrade, but I'm not sure. There's no real productivity problem this is giving me. It's just annoying. If anyone knows what this might be related to, I'm much obliged.
Rob

Hello Mr Hemphill
Thank you for such a speedy response, I see you have been very busy today. I too use wi-fi, which connects instantaneously and therefore I do not accept this as a valid reason especially as I did not experience this problem with my old Mac which had quite a poor wi-fi service. And even if it were to be the case those of us who do not have slow wi-fi connection should not be penalised for the sake of those that do - all they need do is not use this option for Safari.
When Apple Support told me that "this is as it should be" I asked why System Preferences allows Safari to be selected in the first place. They had no answer. I also note from previous discussions that this problem started long ago. There must be a more valid reason.
Best regards
Marcus

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