Can't Disable Startup Items in Defender

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GeekUnit

I've been a big fan of controlling my Startup Items in Windows Defender (as
opposed to MSConfig) since I found out about the "Software Explorer" feature
in the tools menu. What's strange with Vista though is that the option to
Disable/Remove most of the startup items is grayed out, even when run as
Administrator!

How can I fix this?
- GeekUnit
 
GeekUnit said:
I've been a big fan of controlling my Startup Items in Windows Defender
(as opposed to MSConfig) since I found out about the "Software Explorer"
feature in the tools menu. What's strange with Vista though is that the
option to Disable/Remove most of the startup items is grayed out, even
when run as Administrator!

How can I fix this?
- GeekUnit
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I noticed that the links in Software Explorer are owned by SYSTEM, but
changing the owner to my User Profile didn't seem to give me any more
options. As a side note, the Administrators group has full control.
 
Hah, figured it out! I couldn't disable some items because they were set to
All Users startup, not just my profile. To get Disable/Remove functionality
I had to click "Show for all Users".
 
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