Config. Utility against unchecking programs?
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From: Dave F. on 26 Jul 2010 10:42 > I use Startup Control Panel myself: > > http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml > IMO Sysinternals Autoruns is much better: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx Cheers Dave F.
From: Bob on 26 Jul 2010 10:42 WinPatrol (Free Edition) http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html WinPatrol will prevent programs from enabling at startup without your permission. "Adela" <nuevadela2(a)rcn.com> wrote in message news:%23akXhhHLLHA.1868(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > [MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP3; OE 6; IE 8; MS Office Pro; Avast Antivir Free; > Dell Dimension XPS T448MHz Pentium III; 640 MB RAM; high speed cable; > Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe Flash Player 10 Activex..] > > Hello, could someone tell me why the following and if there's a way around > it please?: > > When I go to Startup to uncheck some programs to speed up the computer, it > always appears a popup window saying that I changed the Configuration > Utility to "Selective" or "Diagnostic" and that I should change it back to > "Standard"... This defeats the purpose for which so many techis recommend > to uncheck some of these programs. If there's a way to go around it, > could someone help? > > Thanks so much for a suggestion. Adela >
From: VanguardLH on 26 Jul 2010 12:52 Bob wrote: > WinPatrol (Free Edition) > http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html > > WinPatrol will prevent programs from enabling at startup without your > permission. > > "Adela" <nuevadela2(a)rcn.com> wrote in message > news:%23akXhhHLLHA.1868(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> [MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP3; OE 6; IE 8; MS Office Pro; Avast Antivir Free; >> Dell Dimension XPS T448MHz Pentium III; 640 MB RAM; high speed cable; >> Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe Flash Player 10 Activex..] >> >> Hello, could someone tell me why the following and if there's a way around >> it please?: >> >> When I go to Startup to uncheck some programs to speed up the computer, it >> always appears a popup window saying that I changed the Configuration >> Utility to "Selective" or "Diagnostic" and that I should change it back to >> "Standard"... This defeats the purpose for which so many techis recommend >> to uncheck some of these programs. If there's a way to go around it, >> could someone help? >> >> Thanks so much for a suggestion. Adela >> To be accurate, the free version of WinPatrol does not immediately check for changes to the startup items. It can only poll for changes (with 1 minute interval being the shortest poll interval). That means it can never tell you what process made the change because it detects the change long after it was made. Rather than catching the change immediately and pending it awaiting your approval, it checks at intervals if any changes were made in the areas that it monitors. It then alerts you to the old change and offers to change it for you. This method won't always work. It is possible, for example, for malware to define itself as a service with restricted permissions on its registry keys that won't allow a normal delete of the registry item. You have to use the registry editor to change privileges on the key to all Everyone to have full rights and then you can delete the key (but sometimes this doesn't work as the service was defined as a System service and even an admin can't delete it). Both WinPatrol and Microsoft's old WinDefender work the same way. They don't pend a change to then let you allow or block it. They tell you sometime AFTER the change has been made and *perhaps* they may delete those changes. However, it is handy to KNOW that a change has been made so you can decide on what action to take. Alas, like many HIPS programs, many if not most users of them don't understand the prompts so they don't know how to act on them. The result is they end up allowing all the changes so installing the HIPS program was worthless. WinPatrol is less invasive than other security products but then the free version doesn't include an on-access scanner. It polls for changes. I don't remember what all are the default timer values for each type of check it peforms but several are several minutes long. By the time you get its prompt, you might not remember what you were doing many minutes before. I'd suggest lowering all the timers to the 1-minute interval which is the shortest available in the free version. WinPatrol has value but it's like telling you that your tire blew out rather than warning you beforehand that it is underinflated.
From: Adela on 26 Jul 2010 15:43 Thank you, and I did, but it remains that what's the purpose of this activity if I must revert it? "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:i2j8f7$s3f$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Adela wrote: > >> [MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP3; OE 6; IE 8; MS Office Pro; Avast Antivir >> Free; >> Dell Dimension XPS T448MHz Pentium III; 640 MB RAM; high speed cable; >> Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe Flash Player 10 Activex..] >> >> Hello, could someone tell me why the following and if there's a way >> around >> it please?: >> >> When I go to Startup to uncheck some programs to speed up the computer, >> it >> always appears a popup window saying that I changed the Configuration >> Utility to "Selective" or "Diagnostic" and that I should change it back >> to >> "Standard"... This defeats the purpose for which so many techis recommend >> to >> uncheck some of these programs. If there's a way to go around it, could >> someone help? >> >> Thanks so much for a suggestion. Adela > > Why not check the box already in that prompt that says not to prompt you > again?
From: Adela on 26 Jul 2010 15:46
Thank for this link Martin, I'll try it. Adela "Martin" <warwound(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7f6d5b08-716d-40e5-92f2-7b2aa40aec4a(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... On 26 July, 05:09, "Adela" <nuevade...(a)rcn.com> wrote: > [MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP3; OE 6; IE 8; MS Office Pro; Avast Antivir Free; > Dell Dimension XPS T448MHz Pentium III; 640 MB RAM; high speed cable; > Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe Flash Player 10 Activex..] > > Hello, could someone tell me why the following and if there's a way around > it please?: > > When I go to Startup to uncheck some programs to speed up the computer, it > always appears a popup window saying that I changed the Configuration > Utility to "Selective" or "Diagnostic" and that I should change it back to > "Standard"... This defeats the purpose for which so many techis recommend > to > uncheck some of these programs. If there's a way to go around it, could > someone help? > > Thanks so much for a suggestion. Adela I use Startup Control Panel myself: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml Martin. |