Block a program

[BBran]

Hello,

I am using XPSP2.

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to block a program from starting?

 

[Dennis Dow]

Renaming the suffix would probably be the best. Deleting it also works
but is a little more drastic. Without knowing more of your
requirements, we're limited in terms of quality recommendations.

Dennis

 

[BBran]

I just want to stop a program from automatically starting. It is a
scheduled task in an Antivirus program scheduled within that program. I
cannot change the settings to stop the task because it is password protected
and I can't get the password. So I want to stop it from running unless I
manually start it. So, I don't want to either rename the extension or
delete the file.

 

[David B.]

Just out of curiosity, who has the password?

 

[VanguardLH]

I just want to stop a program from automatically starting. It is a
scheduled task in an Antivirus program scheduled within that program. I
cannot change the settings to stop the task because it is password protected
and I can't get the password. So I want to stop it from running unless I
manually start it. So, I don't want to either rename the extension or
delete the file.

So it really isn't your property and the real owner installed AV
software with a schedule that you don't happen to like on THEIR
computer. Ask your parents or your employer for the password to change
the schedule.

You could uninstall the AV software (and install your own) but then if
it is not your computer then you are probably not an admin-level user to
do uninstalls and installs.

You can use security policies to define software restrictions to prevent
a particular executable from running but then you would have to be an
admin-level user to define that policy, and if you were an admin-level
user then you could just uninstall the problematic software in the first
place.

 

[BBran]

There really is no need for discussion, just looking for a solution. Not
interested in an uninstall, I'll try the security policies.

 

[BBran]

Immaterial.

Just out of curiosity, who has the password?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

There really is no need for discussion, just looking for a
solution. Not interested in an uninstall, I'll try the security
policies.

Good luck with that.

 

[inthered]

Good luck with that.

 

[inthered]

If you know the name of the executable have you tried using MSCONFIG?

 

[David B.]

There IS need for discussion, if it sounds like your trying to get around
someone else's security they have set up, or circumvent your network admins
policies, you won't get much help here, and by your answers it sounds like
that is exactly what your attempting to do.