Verify needed startup programs

[Tim]

I have a couple programs running on startup that I'm not
sure if I need running. Anyone know a website that has a
list of what all the startup programs do? Thank you.

 

[Ian & Lorraine]

I have a couple programs running on startup that I'm not
sure if I need running. Anyone know a website that has a
list of what all the startup programs do? Thank you.

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_all.php

http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html

HTH,
Ian.

 

[Tim]

I have a program named buddy.exe running at startup
because its in C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start
Menu/Programs/Startup folder. I cant find anything about
buddy.exe on pacs-portal or 3feetunder. Any idea what this
is?

 

[Ian & Lorraine]

I have a program named buddy.exe running at startup
because its in C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start
Menu/Programs/Startup folder. I cant find anything about
buddy.exe on pacs-portal or 3feetunder. Any idea what this
is?

I just did a Google search for buddy.exe, but it came up with a variety of
results. There's a "study buddy" and one involving bicycles, among others.
Have a look and see if any ring a bell:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E28A62A76 (I've given you a "shorter link"
link because the original looked a bit unwieldy but I could be wrong. This
is the full link:
http://www.google.ca/search?q=buddy.exe&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= )

Regards,
Ian.

 

[Malke]

I just did a Google search for buddy.exe, but it came up with a
variety of
results. There's a "study buddy" and one involving bicycles, among
others. Have a look and see if any ring a bell:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E28A62A76 (I've given you a "shorter
link"
link because the original looked a bit unwieldy but I could be wrong.
This is the full link:
http://www.google.ca/search?q=buddy.exe&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=
)

When in doubt (like now), do the sensible thing and scan with a current
antivirus program (meaning a version not later than 2002 and using
updated virus definitions) and remove spyware with Spybot Search &
Destroy from www.security.kolla.de and Ad-aware from
www.lavasoftusa.com. Stop the buddy.exe from running at startup with
msconfig.

Malke

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a program named buddy.exe running at startup
because its in C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start
Menu/Programs/Startup folder. I cant find anything about
buddy.exe on pacs-portal or 3feetunder. Any idea what this
is?

It certainly would not be something essential to running the system.
I'd move it out and see if anything complains. And run a spyware
program like Ad-Aware form www.lavasoftusa.com

 

[Jim Macklin]

A Google for "buddy.exe" indicates this might be part of a
on-line game and it also could be spyware.

Right click on the file and look at the properties to see if
it refers to any program.


message | Tim wrote:
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| >I have a program named buddy.exe running at startup
| >because its in C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start
| >Menu/Programs/Startup folder. I cant find anything about
| >buddy.exe on pacs-portal or 3feetunder. Any idea what
this
| >is?
|
| It certainly would not be something essential to running
the system.
| I'd move it out and see if anything complains. And run a
spyware
| program like Ad-Aware form www.lavasoftusa.com
|
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| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (e-mail address removed)8E8L.org (remove the D8
bit)