Re: Autostart programmes
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/26/04
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Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:12:09 -0600
expolerdata.exe is not a Microsoft file. Try leaving it unchecked.
Msconfig will also tell you where it is loaded from and you can remove it
there after verifying that it is not needed by any program you are using.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx "David C" <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2D1F78F2-EBB8-4B0F-9D8F-F5AB54469FF4@microsoft.com > Thank you very much for this, which I appreciate, and which has > helped. The problem for me, though, is twofold: first, that I do not > recognise many of the elements there (I just don't know enough about > it); and secondly that neither CastleCops nor BlackViper have them > all. Example this Autostart entry: > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\expolerdata.exe %srun% > > No trace of expolerdata as a search string on either of those two > sites, and none either on Microsoft.com ... and yes, I have got the > spelling right! Any advice gratefully received! > > Many thanks, > > David C > > "Ken Blake" wrote: > >> In news:EE3DEF69-5691-4800-A19F-ACC2B040F861@microsoft.com, >> David C <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> typed: >> >>> I seem to have 53 programme starting automatically when I launch >>> XP >>> Home. How can I find out which have to run, and which can be >>> stopped? >> >> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its >> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily >> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG >> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the >> programs you don't want to start automatically. >> >> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose >> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many >> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of >> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt >> performance severely, but others have no effect on performance. >> >> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you >> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to >> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the >> time. You can get more information about these with at >> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it >> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here. >> >> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent >> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want >> to get rid of. >> >> >> -- >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >> Please reply to the newsgroup
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