Comments on: Stop an Application from Running at Startup in Windows Vista

By: kl2u

kl2u — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:24:06 +0000

Hi…got problem to stop one program from running when I boot up my computer. Now solved the problem thanks.

By: pyta

pyta — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:40:33 +0000

Try winpatrol, it’s free and you can control your start-up items real easy. I would get rid of Norton, try avast free. Make sure to use the norton uninstaller from their website or NOTHING will run right on your PC. Norton is worse than AOL for leaving items hidden in the registry.

By: SamWest

SamWest — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:20:55 +0000

Doesn’t work for all programs that start with windows. Many, like Norton, are not listed here.

By: Dale Kinslow

Dale Kinslow — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:43:40 +0000

Help, cannot get any sound from my PC

By: Dale Kinslow

Dale Kinslow — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:41:47 +0000

Lost sound, help
Big Thank You!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:51:54 +0000

Hi,
Unlike many of you, I want to allow a program to start that Defender is stopping.

McAfee Antivirus….

All exe’s are run as Admin.
gone to software explorer and found framework service and the McAfee VirusScan
Enable is grayed out, checked out the classification and it’s not (that’s a surprise (NOT) McAfee do 2 virus updates a month so they would rather you disable Defender and use their AntiSpyware).

So every time Vista starts I then have to authorize it.

Question is
Has anyone found a way to enable any program without killing Defender?

By: david

david — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:58:31 +0000

alex if you click on the setting show all users in startup should fix the error of being greyed out or untickable! also a program like tune up utilities or vista manager are very good for managing startup items

By: alex

alex — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:16:13 +0000

I am doing exactly as told and on the same page of Defender but the problem is that it wont let me click on remove or disable for some strange reason. It wont highlight or anything. Can someone help me out here????

By: Spacegold

Spacegold — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:48:42 +0000

PJ:

Geek forgot to tell us that this tip does not work if you have Control Panel set to Classic View which many of us do. The search term fails. Switch Control Panel to C..P.. Home and see if it works. It did for me and I was able to get rid of an obnoxious fragment left over from uninstalling an unwanted program. Thanks, Geek.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:01:04 +0000

Very many thanks to you both. Have not tried it yet but certainly will.

The actual message is “Floppy Diskette Seek Failure” I did try the ‘Press F2 to open setup’, selected Floppy Disc to disable and the boot numbers were changed but left the Floppy Disc Showing above them all. Shall try again

Many thanks again,
Eddy