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by s6xtyn9ne

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Im having a problem with AIM starting up when i boot up. It happens with windows ME or 98.. I took out every .Exe file in the registry pertaining to Aim.. Also too it out of the start-up programs and removed it from EVERY Run folder in the registry.. It will work for a couple boots but will eventually come back, regardless if i shut the program down or not. Any ideas?

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by mbarker734

From the taskbar.

Click Start.

Click Run.

Type msconfig

After the window opens select the Startup tab.

uncheck AIM

This will prevent AIM from starting when the system is started.

Good luck,

Mark

by s6xtyn9ne

Clearing start-up is done through msconfig.. Doesnt work.. Plus removing the reg. keys is more effective.. Also, it duplicates itself in the start-up.

by fatmann

you can try disabling it with msconfig, but you might also want to check your win.ini and system.ini file most programs alter these files a long with the registry. msconfig gives you options to "shut off" entries in these files too. also check autoexec.bat sometimes they use this to start a program

by s6xtyn9ne

Autoexec.bat is always turned off. Clearing start-up is done through msconfig. Plus it duplicates itself in the start-up programs afteri turn it off.. Its removed from everything.. Removed EVERYTHING that had to do with aim in the registry.. Still boots up.

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