Re: How to control Startup Programs

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"KCav" <KCav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F3BCFBE4-015E-45A7-B215-B0EA7984265F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I want to control what programs run when I start My Personal Computer. When
I let someone use my notebook, I find programs running at startup. I would
like to identify what programs are running and decide then decide what to do
about them. Maybe I need multiple users. I don't need them in my way.

To investigate I went to System Information, Software Environment, Startup
Programs. I sorted by User Name. Is this a comprehensive list? hOW CAN i
PRINT IT/


If you let someone use your computer and login to your account and if that account has admin privileges then they can do whatever they want including allowing malware to be installed. Have you done a thorough check for malware? You should greate a separate limited user account for visitors to use. Don't use the built in Guest account. Create an account with a name like visitor and make a limited user account.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

Malware Removal
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

THE PARASITE FIGHT
Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Richard Harper’s Guide to Cleaning Pests
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm

After you know the system is clean look in task manager for what processes are running, research what they are, then decide which ones you don't want to turn.

First step to eliminate start up programs should be to check in the options for the program you don't want to start and see if there is a setting to tell it not to run at startup. The next step is to remove any entries you don't want from the two startup folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For anything else uncheck their entries in the startup tab of msconfig:
Start | Run | Msconfig | Ok

Another option is to remove the reference to them from one of these keys in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Make sure you have a backup of the registry using a program like ERUNT before making any changes to the registry.

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm


--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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    ... > To investigate I went to System Information, Software Environment,> Startup ... allowing malware to be installed. ... You should greate a separate limited user account for visitors to ... Make sure you have a backup of the registry using a program like ERUNT ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)