Startup Programs - Change

Do you have both of the following keys in there?

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-"

In other words, a "Run" key without a hyphen, and another with the hyphen?

I've seen how some programs that are designed to help the user control what does and does not get autostarted make that type on an entry in the registry. For instance, if the user selects a particular program to no longer autostart, it will simply copy the subkey to another key (ie, Run-) rather than simply delete it. That way if the user ever decides to re-enable autostart it'll simply copy the key back to where it was initially.

For me, "MSCONFIG" just never seemed complete. In Windows XP, I'd used StartupCop Pro, and that was one of the most helpful softwares ever - you could see everything that wanted to boot up on startup, and if something tried to add itself while you were using the computer, it'd let you know right away. Wish the old version worked with W7 (well, it kind of does, you just have to disable UAC), I really miss it.

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2 Bunny said:

For me, "MSCONFIG" just never seemed complete. In Windows XP, I'd used StartupCop Pro, and that was one of the most helpful softwares ever - you could see everything that wanted to boot up on startup, and if something tried to add itself while you were using the computer, it'd let you know right away. Wish the old version worked with W7 (well, it kind of does, you just have to disable UAC), I really miss it.

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Never tried Startup Cop, but you might want try this:

Autoruns for Windows

No realtime monitoring, but it does allow you to compare differences over time.

F5ing said:

2 Bunny said:

For me, "MSCONFIG" just never seemed complete. In Windows XP, I'd used StartupCop Pro, and that was one of the most helpful softwares ever - you could see everything that wanted to boot up on startup, and if something tried to add itself while you were using the computer, it'd let you know right away. Wish the old version worked with W7 (well, it kind of does, you just have to disable UAC), I really miss it.

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Never tried Startup Cop, but you might want try this:

Autoruns for Windows

No realtime monitoring, but it does allow you to compare differences over time.

That's actually a pretty great start. I wonder how I overlooked that before.

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2 Bunny said:

I wonder how I overlooked that before.

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Well, the more you look around the more you find. Doesn't really matter how long you've been looking, you're bound to run into something you've never run across before!

The problem is figuring out whether to take the risk before downloading/installing!!

Here's another to check out: http://www.winpatrol.com/

THAT is funny... HAHAHAH Jeffrey from ASUS told dude in a 1 egg comment (see: Newegg.com - ASUS A53U-ES21 Notebook AMD Dual-Core Processor E-450(1.65GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW AMD Radeon HD 6320 ) how to go to THIS thread to solve his "ASUS Bloatware Startup problems..." THAT is E.P.I.C.

EDIT: Thumbs me up...

EDIT pt 2: oh WAIT this ain't Utube LOL