Start-up menu in XP

[crabcake]

just curious....

hows that restart working for ya?

Fine; except that damn program (that I wanted to stop launching) still launched on start-up.

 

[GWguy]

I know this is a silly question but,,,,, did you happen to check to make sure of what you were removing, or disabling?

just curious....

hows that restart working for ya?

Hmmmmm. No Answer... not a good sign...

Oops, nebermind....

 

[bcp]

Fine; except that damn program (that I wanted to stop launching) still launched on start-up.

I had a spyware type thing that used to keep launching even after I removed it.
then I found another hidden program that reinstalled it if it was missing at startup.

 

[JEB]

This is what I use for stuff that gets in my start-up.
Good descriptions and advice on weather to keep or not.

Startups

 

[GWguy]

Fine; except that damn program (that I wanted to stop launching) still launched on start-up.

If you describe the program, tell us it's name, what it's doing, maybe someone will recognize it and have a better input.

 

[crabcake]

If you describe the program, tell us it's name, what it's doing, maybe someone will recognize it and have a better input.

It's the desktop manager for my blackberry ... to sync it and back it up. But I don't use the BB anymore, so I don't need this program anymore.

 

[GWguy]

It's the desktop manager for my blackberry ... to sync it and back it up. But I don't use the BB anymore, so I don't need this program anymore.

Well, that should be easy! Control Panels / Add/Delete Programs / find the BB entry and remove it.

Wait, you're going to tell me you've done that already, right?

 

[basher]

are you sure it's not a Service? you can go to the Services Tab when going into the msconfig and disable it there or go to your Administrative Tools in the Control Panel and open up Services.

 

[clevalley]

They're all located in:

HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Also - look in HKCU\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Sometimes (keyword sometimes) vendors will place startup items in HKEY Current Users so it is user based, not machine based...

also, check in runonce in both locations - I have seen things get "stuck" in there and never delete themselves (after running for the first time)...