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Help in finding startup programs[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#6)
by Anonymous User on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 10:25:27 AM PDT

There are two handy utilities I use to find and control what is trying to run when my computer boots up or when I log in. They both search all the possible locations (except Services - those are easily controlled through the Control Panel) and allow you to disable their start-up run. Having one or both of these in your standard toolbox goes a long way to squashing the spyware and adware that plagues many windoze PCs these days. StartStop (TFI-Technology) <http://www.tfi-technology.com/startstop> Startup Control Panel <http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml> Here are some others that purport to do the same thing, but I haven't tried them personally: Startup Cop <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1554244,00.asp> Startup Monitor <http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml>

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