Re: Unwanted connection in taskbar

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From: Randy W. (t001z_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 23:46:23 -0500

Go to your Start button -- Run
and type msconfig
click the tab that says "Startup" and then uncheck the box next to the
filename that you do not want to start up. If you cannot find it, uncheck
one and when it reboots you will get a dialog telling you that your system
config is modified and you can go back in and check the one that was not
right and move the next most likely culprit.

Try again until you get the right one, when you do, simply check the box
that says something to the effect of don't show me this again and do not
reboot if it asks you to. The program will not restart until you restart it
(or if a third party tool started it in the first place, it may restart it
again)...

Get spybot and keep that crap off your machine for good :)

Randy

"Regina" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1abab01c44ea0$18f156e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi!
>
> I have icons for Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer
> down on my taskbar, and programs which are not running
> are "hidden."
>
> Yesterday, I opened a window in "Run" to look at
> something on ESPN.com, and now I suddenly have an
> ESPN.com icon down on the taskbar, and an open connection
> to the internet via ESPN.com which I don't know how to
> get rid of. I don't see any way to "log off".
>
> When I click the "close" X, it does go away, only to re-
> appear automatically when I turn the computer back on
> next time.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> (Windows XP 5.1 Home Edition /IE6)

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