Program to control what loads at startup

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Well I did read his post just now and I'm sorry if I quoted wrong.
Won't happen again.


Yep that's the one...thanks again.
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If we are voting , I vote for Starter. But then again, there are a lot of
good alternatives here.



Aaron
 
A nice one, since it seems to offer both monitoring and configuration
of startup apps (among other things) in one program.

Another one to look at:
"Winsonar 2003 Freeware Edition"
<http://digilander.libero.it/zancart/winsonar/index.htm>

not tried it my self (I'm already using a very good shareware program
for this, Regrun3 Gold edition from <http://www.greatis.com> ).

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
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I was looking at RegRun3 today. Quite a few features but 6 meg is
getting a little bulky for my taste. I seem to have everything of
interest to me covered with the freeware I am already running. It
does take several programs to cover most of its features however.

It has a function like Win Patrol that barks when a new program
has been added, which will start with the next boot. You can't
control what loads at startup if it snuck in behind your back.

Although I like StartUP CPL, it is after the fact. That's like
using Adaware but not SpyBlaster. Cart---Horse. :-)

BoB
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You need to get Mike Lin's companion program Startup Monitor
(http://www.mlin.net). It runs completely transparently in the background
and catches every attempt by every program to register itself to start up
with Windows. Here's the program description from the web site:

StartupMonitor is a small utility that runs transparently (it doesn't even
use a tray icon) and notifies you when any program registers itself to run
at system startup. It prevents those utterly useless tray applications from
registering themselves behind your back, and it acts as a security tool
against trojans like BackOrifice or Netbus.

StartupMonitor does not require Startup Control Panel, but it complements it
nicely. When you choose not to allow a program to register itself, the
program's entry becomes disabled in Startup Control Panel, so you can go
back and enable it later if necessary. StartupMonitor watches the Start
Menu's Startup folders and the Run entries in the registry.


I have been using both for quite a while and they do an excellent job. No
program has been able to slip in behind my back. You might want to give it a
look.
 
Although I like StartUP CPL, it is after the fact. That's like
using Adaware but not SpyBlaster. Cart---Horse. :-)
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Spywareblaster you mean. That only stops a limited class of malware
installed by activex. Or do you mean spywareguard ?

BoB
For the duration, my address is fake.
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Aaron
 
Spywareblaster you mean.
Yes

That only stops a limited class of malware installed by activex.
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I'm aware of that but I prefer pro-active programs over cleaners,
especially those that do not even have to be running to do their job.
Or do you mean spywareguard ?
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No, I think SpybotSD's features are better and I use WinPatrol for
warnings of what changed or will happen on the next boot.

Keep spreading the word. There are many lurkers who are here to learn.
Aaron
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BoB
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