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Prevents programs from adding themselves to start-up.
jacquesrober:
I use Win Patrol pro version .Win patrol will advise you of a program that wants to install itself at startup, let it install itself , then disable it from the "manage startup program" menu (see image). it will not try to reinstall itself since it is already in the startup list and WP will not let it work.
JR
Curt:
remember that certain programs then will stop to work all together;
Apple's QuickTime is one
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I use AnVir Task Manager Pro to prevent auto-start.
springro:
If you're still using XP this is an oldie but goodie:
http://mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
It will warn you it something tries to add itself. The nice thing is that you can just disable items instead of removing them. This seems to satisfy programs that it's already in the startup list so that they won't try to insert a startup routine again.
MilesAhead:
I found WinPatrol to be very convenient for most cases. For those apps that auto start using less common techniques to avoid detection/removal sometimes you need to resort to AutoRuns
Stoic Joker:
For those apps that auto start using less common techniques to avoid detection/removal sometimes you need to resort to [url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx]AutoRuns-MilesAhead (August 27, 2013, 09:30 AM)
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+1 - I usually start there.
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