Annoyances 2

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Ross M. Greenberg

I installed weather channel's desktop software. Under XP, when I boot it
comes up "normally". However, when I boot under Vista (I have a dual boot
system) it gets blocked; I'm allowed to run it "manually" through various
popups and tooltips.

What do I have to set to make this startup item "unblocked"?

Thanks!

Ross
 
Try WeatherPulse from http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.php

I have been using it for 2 years now and it is 100% Vista compatible.

Free for home users. No nasty side effects or add-ons.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
My guess is (I do not use it) that it contains actual or suspected adware,
and MS Defender is blocking it. You might want to white-list it in Defender,
or not! :)

-Frank
 
use the weather gadget that comes with sidebar.
if you undock it from the side bar it provides a lot more information.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

I installed weather channel's desktop software. Under XP, when I boot it
comes up "normally". However, when I boot under Vista (I have a dual boot
system) it gets blocked; I'm allowed to run it "manually" through various
popups and tooltips.

What do I have to set to make this startup item "unblocked"?

Thanks!

Ross
 
Hey, interesting... I didn't know that. Cool :)

-Frank


use the weather gadget that comes with sidebar.
if you undock it from the side bar it provides a lot more information.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com
I installed weather channel's desktop software. Under XP, when I boot it
comes up "normally". However, when I boot under Vista (I have a dual boot
system) it gets blocked; I'm allowed to run it "manually" through various
popups and tooltips.

What do I have to set to make this startup item "unblocked"?

Thanks!

Ross
 
So I've investigated every aspect I can to determine how to permit a simple
startup program. There must be some way of turning off Microsoft's
"helpful" security for one given startup program - one that I've used for a
decade and know is safe.

I've tried playing with Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, and basically
every security setting I can find but to no avail. There must be some way.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ross
 
So I've investigated every aspect I can to determine how to permit a simplestartupprogram. There must be some way of turning off Microsoft's
"helpful" security for one givenstartupprogram - one that I've used for a
decade and know is safe.

I've tried playing with Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, and basically
every security setting I can find but to no avail. There must be some way.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ross
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Did you find a solution to this? I'm trying to run "Speedfan" at start
up (monitors and regulates temps and fan speeds) but I'm facing this
problem with blocking too.
 
Unless you are running SpeedFan version 4.32 beta 17, you are NOT using a
Vista optimized program.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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