Startup Items won't go away

I recently installed the Lion OS X v10.7.2 on my Macbook Pro. I've been having multiple applications open automatically at startup since I installed it. I've gone through Users & Groups to see if there are any login items in hopes of deleting them but there isn't anything to delete! The startup applications are usually Firefox, Microsoft Word, Calendar and occasionally PowerPoint will open too. It's making startup super slow now and I hate it. One forum said to make sure you close all applications before you shut down so I've done that and it doesn't help at all. Please help...

When you choose 'shutdown', there is an option to reopen windows when logging back in. You need to uncheck that option before you hit 'shutdown' or 'restart'.

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Command, and 4 keys simultaneously and take a
screenshot of that area of the screen; if it shows
up, it is present in the computer's offscreen buffer,
and is therefore caused by software. If not, it may
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Burr

Burr Johnson wrote:
...but sometimes I boot my computer when it is not connected to the audio interface and this breaks the conncetion link between the music applications and the audio interface.
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