Blocked Program popup notification

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When I disable programs in the MSCONFIG startup tab, I get a blocked
program popup every time that I start Windows. Is there any way to
kill this popup? XP just had a check box to kill it but can't find
one in Vista.
 
I turned off the UAC and rebooted. The same window that is in XP came up
telling me I had changed the configuration and I was able to check the box
to tell it not to show the message again.
Control panel
User Accounts
Turn user controls On or Off
u-click the box that turns on user controls (UAC)

Click OK
Restart the computer


Since then, I have found you can disable some startup programs in Windows
Defender. I don't know if the same message would pop up by working that
direction or not.
Open Windows Defender
Tools
Software Explorer
In category box, select: Startup Programs
Select the program you want disabled and click disable
Click YES to confirm
Repeat the last two for any programs you want to stop
running in the background
 
Hi,

Rather than use msconfig, check within that program's options, settings, or
preferences for an option to not load at startup.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Outstanding - thanks!
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cnic said:
I turned off the UAC and rebooted. The same window that is in XP
came up telling me I had changed the configuration and I was able
to check the box to tell it not to show the message again.
Control panel
User Accounts
Turn user controls On or Off
u-click the box that turns on user controls (UAC)

Click OK
Restart the computer


Since then, I have found you can disable some startup programs in
Windows Defender. I don't know if the same message would pop up
by working that direction or not.
Open Windows Defender
Tools
Software Explorer
In category box, select: Startup Programs
Select the program you want disabled and click
disable
Click YES to confirm
Repeat the last two for any programs you want
to stop running in the background
Click to expand...
 
glamart said:
When I disable programs in the MSCONFIG startup tab, I get a blocked
program popup every time that I start Windows. Is there any way to kill
this popup? XP just had a check box to kill it but can't find one in
Vista.
Click to expand...

No need to turn off UAC. Click on that icon in the notification area, hold
the pointer over Run blocked programs. When the list of blocked programs
appears it should have System Configuration Utility on it. Click on that to
allow it to run. Then on the ensuing dialog box check the box to not have
it alert again. It won't appear until the next time you make a change with
msconfig and reboot.

This mechanism is in place to block any programs that run at startup that
ask for admin privileges. They are blocked until you give that permission.
If you turn off UAC, any piece of software including malware that wants to
run with admin privileges at startup that got on your system before you
restarted will run without you knowing it.
 
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