Re: Annoying Pop-up

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They may have added something at startup. Natively you can;
Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys. (note that this window is read-only so you must
manually navigate to the location below to edit or otherwise delete)

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory
or AutoRuns from sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"BAP" wrote:
|
| W2k Pro -
| I signed up temporarily with PeoplePC, using a Dial-up connection, but
have
| hardly used it
| because of other PC problems that I am trying to deal with. My Internet
| connection is set to never
| dial up.(I use another Computer to get to the Internet.)
| Anyway, soon after startup and while doing things, a dialog box keeps on
| popping up telling me
| that the Page I requested cannot be accessed, along with the options of
| Connecting or Working
| Offline. It is a search page of sorts and I have no idea of how it is
being
| initiated. I have to keep on closing it every time it comes up, which is
| every few seconds. It eventually seems to stop popping up, until the next
| startup.
| Any ideas?
|
|


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