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- Windows XP program startup locations
- Left out System RestoreI discovered some spyware uses the System Restore to bring back deleted files and Registry entries. Turn it off, clean the system, and turn it back on was the only solution.nice utiliteshere are a couple of utilities that help id what will execute at startup and what...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-10
- Windows XP program startup locations
- Back in the days of DOS, if a program was automatically loading when a computer started up, there were only two places that the program could have been called from: the CONFIG.SYS file or the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Today, however, this simply isn’t the case. There are many different places that...
- Technical articles 2005-03-09
- Discover the various startup locations in Windows XP
- Back in the days of DOS, if a program was automatically loading when a computer started up, there were only two places that the program could have been called from: the CONFIG.SYS file or the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Today, however, this simply isn’t the case. There are many different places that...
- Technical articles 2003-09-18
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- Startup Defender 1.9.5 (Windows)
- Startup Defender is a small startup manager/firewall that sits in your Windows tray and constantly monitors the startup locations on your PC to help prevent programs from auto starting up behind your back. If a program tries to write itself into any startup location Startup Defender will popup a windows...
- Software downloads 2009-04-16
- SolutionBase: Take an inside look at Windows Defender in Vista
- Even Vista is vulnerable to exploits that need patching. Windows Defender's spyware-busting features can help further protect systems from compromise. Scott Lowe provides a detailed look at the Windows Defender included in Vista. When Microsoft got into the antispyware market, some pundits decried...
- Technical articles 2007-08-28
- Lock IT Down: Quickly track down and fix desktop startup and connection problems
- Find out why your computer doesnt boot properly and how to fix itIn the trenches of end-user desktop support, the same problems seem to crop up again and again, regardless of the user, the PC model, or the OS version. In my years of PC troubleshooting, I’ve corrected many perplexing...
- Technical articles 2001-09-25
- Quickly track down and fix desktop startup and connection problems
- For all users and all PCs, there are a few desktop problems that seem to pop up time and time again. Cut to the chase when troubleshooting these everyday issues with this IT pro's favorite techniques for handling common startup and connection problems.In the trenches of end-user desktop support, the...
- Technical articles 2002-02-04
- Build Your Skills: Customize the startup experience with the Startup Folder Manager
- As useful as the Startup folder is, there may be times when you need only some or even none of the applications in the Startup folder, and you'd prefer not to run the rest when Windows launches. Unfortunately, launching applications from the Startup folder is an all-or-nothing deal. By default,...
- Technical articles 2003-01-06
- windows startup
- whenever i start the windows after the login screen welcomes comes a message that 'Windows cannot found 'S'." How to get rid of it?To get rid of Windows,format the drive. maybe try a Linux install cd.Or, if you dont want to get rid of windows (maybe I mis-interpreted your...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- Get IT Done: Troubleshoot Windows 9x startup problems with these tips
- Troubleshoot Windows 9x startup problems with these tipsSeventy-nine percent of the respondents to a January 2001 TechRepublic poll said they were still running Windows 95. While Microsoft may be discontinuing support for these systems, TechRepublic is not. Our Windows 95/98 TechMail contains valuable information that can save you time and...
- Technical articles 2001-06-20
- Get IT Done: Tweak the Windows XP startup and shutdown process
- Control the Windows XP startup and shutdown processes for usersIf you support Windows NT or 2000 workstations, you’re probably familiar—at least to some degree—with the boot.ini file and the options it gives you for controlling startup. If you’ve come to Windows XP from Windows 9x or Me, boot.ini might be...
- Technical articles 2002-08-07
- 10 secret MySQL client startup options you should know
- Most server administrators know that the MySQLrelational data base management system RDBMS is a highly flexible piece ofsoftware and comes with a wide range of startup options that can be used tomodify its behavior. What most don't know, however, is that the standard MySQLclient comes with an equally large number...
- Technical articles 2007-01-29
- automate ssl password entry at startup
- I have a Linux box (fedora core 1) running Nagios monitoring our websites from a remote location. I need a way to automatically run a few commands the Nagios and apache start commands and put in the apache SSL certificate password during startup in the case that the box loses...
- Q&A 2006-02-02
- Chkdsk runs on startup
- When I schedule chkdsk to run once it runs on startup every time. Usually after a week or so of this it stops running on every startup. Also it seems there are two copies of it on the system. One CHKDSK and one chkdsk each in a different location. ...
- Q&A 2006-08-29
- Startup Script Fails to Map Drive.... WTF?
- Hello all,I've got a startup script that fails to map a drive. I get system error 53 - network path not found. I added ping tests to that server by host name in the batch file, and pings fine. When I change the host name to IP,...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Swapfile size and location
- Hello,I am having trouble finding out the right pagefile size and location. I have read this thread: http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10879_11-5728295.html?tag=search as well as many other articles about the pagefile including Microsofts article about it.Now I am currently working on a Windows 2000 Pro machine with 196 MB of RAM and 1 HDD...
- Q&A 2005-08-16
- Open other than My Documents
- Hi,Dumb question, probably, but does anyone out there know how to set win2K explorer to open at anything other than My Documents?I access all my info wthout using My Documents, and it is frustrating that every time I use Win Explorer I wind up in My Docs, as default. I...
- Q&A 2004-10-15
- Freeze on startup
- I have a 1.8Ghz computer running 256MB RAM and Windows XP Home. My problem is that when i start up windows, almost every time it freezes when the Windows XP Home screen shows with the status bar. I asked a friend about this and he suggested it might be a...
- Q&A 2005-04-20
- Explorer.exe refuses to start at startup
- OK heres the deal.....earlier today I started up my PC with a cd in the drive: il2 stumrovik [its a game]. I am only mentioning this to provide as much info as possible bu ti do not think it has anything whatsoever to do with my problems because i have...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-28
- Hard drives disconnected at startup
- Ever since a runin with some malware I've experienced an unusual phenomenon when I start my computer: only my C: drive is active, and my 3 other hard drives all appear as "offline" in Administrative Tools/Computer Management.Reactivating one drive reactivates all of them and everything appears fine. All of...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
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