Auto Scan for Hardware Changes

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Hi,

I noticed that when WinXp startup it will do an auto scan for hardware
changes. Is there any way to disable the auto scan to manual scan.

Thanks in advance.
 
Jeo522,

If you are talking about the 'AutoCheck' at every startup you need to make a
registry change. The easiest way to do this is by downloading a great tool
called 'Autoruns' that allows you to disable this and countless other
startup processes. Download Autoruns from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

After downloading and running Autoruns follow the steps below:

* let Autoruns complete a scan of the computer

* Select the 'BootExecute' tab

* under key heading:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecuteuncheck,
uncheck 'autocheck autochk *'

* Exit Autoruns & Reboot

Drew
 
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