Stop Safari from launching at start up

Can someone please tell me how to stop Safari from launching automatically when I boot my computer. One day it just started launching on it's own. Very annoying to wait for Safari as it pauses my bootup. If you can help, please email me at [email protected]
Powermac G4 DP 1.25 Mac OS X (10.4)

Hi Phil,
To stop Safari to launch automatically >go to the system preferences an select "account" than select ad you right "startup items" deselect Safari an close the window again. The next time you boot your computer Safari wound launch.
Good luck ...
Dimaxum

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