Startup & Registry entries

[Guest]

Two things:
If I want to look at history of startup & Registry allowed items MA doesn't
let me scroll to the right, so most of the time I cannot see what program is
in startup in MA. Just the beginning "c:\dddd\ssss\....."

Next

MA allows things to be added to registry & startup items that I don't want.
It didn't look like I can adjust these settings right? I should. For example
I don't want quicktime and Realplayer junk in my startup. I remove them
through msconfig.exe, but anytime they run, they add there "helpers" to my
start up.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Guest]

Try these two solutions:

1) do an update install--control panel, add or remove programs, Microsoft
Antispyware, change, update.

Then, try these steps:

1) Open up a command prompt (start -> run -> type in -> command)
2) Type in the following "regsvr32 msvbvm60.dll" (without the quotes).
3) Close and re-open Windows AntiSpyware

You can go ahead and do both of these--neither has any downside risk--and
see if that does the job. Let us know whether it does, or not!

Engel

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Two things:
If I want to look at history of startup & Registry allowed items MA
doesn't
let me scroll to the right, so most of the time I cannot see what program
is
in startup in MA. Just the beginning "c:\dddd\ssss\....."

This is indeed awkward. I don't know whether they'll do this better in
beta2--I certainly hope so.

MA allows things to be added to registry & startup items that I don't
want.
It didn't look like I can adjust these settings right? I should. For
example
I don't want quicktime and Realplayer junk in my startup. I remove them
through msconfig.exe, but anytime they run, they add there "helpers" to my
start up.

That's correct. Microsoft Antispyware is not a vehicle to impose your own
preferences for these things--it doesn't allow the user to choose an
arbitrary set of software to forbid. The methods available to you are
add./remove programs, choosing an alternative that can play the same formats
but has fewer obnoxious characteristics, or using group policy to keep that
program from running. I believe that Realplayer can be effectively
configured not to run in startup. Quicktime cannot in any version that I've
seen.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Gentlemen,

Now under Advanced Tools-Systems Explorer - Start up programs, I can
permantly block start up programs.

Thanks again,

Chris

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Doesn't work. "Permanently block" seems to translate to kill the current
instance. I tested this with quicktime, as I recall, and it comes back the
next time you actually invoke quicktime, is my recollection.

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