Re: How does a program "run itself" at windows startup?

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"Chris" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a utility program installed.

When windows starts up, I get a message from my firewall that
"<program> is trying to access the internet". Ok, I know what it is
trying to do
and why (update its data), and I know it's not anything dubious and I
can easily
block it, but just HOW does it do this?

It is not installed as a service.
It is not listed in my startup folder.
It does not appear in the registry under any of the Run, RunOnce,
RunOnceEx or
RunServices keys even under an alias (all entries are accounted for).
It does not appear in Services section of WindowsXP Admin tools.

So just how does it "run itself" at windows startup?

Chris.


Is the <program> a secret? What is it called?
Have you looked in its options (untick "run on start up")
What about Start>Run>msconfig>startup?


.

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