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Removing Check boxes in MSconfig

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by judge dread

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It seems over a period of time I have collected a list of nine dialers in my start file in MSCONFIG. I know I can uncheck them and follow up in the registry program files to remove them and keep them from being initiated upon booting up. My question is..Is there a way to remove these check boxes along with the accumulated dialer executible dialer file numbers?. I realize that I can prevent them from being activated but I am just tired of that junk being there. I would appreciate anyones assistance with this problem. Also does any one have a solution as to how I can put an end to those annoying pop-up consoles?

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by thechas

I thought there was a way to remove startup programs from within msconfig. But, I can't find it on my XP box.

There are 3 places where these programs can be;
Start menu/programs/startup
Run and run once keys in the registry
System files (autoexec.bat, config.sys, sys.ini, win.ini)

When you find the shortcuts that startup the program, look at the shortcut itself. It will tell you what file, and what folder it is in.
You can then delete the file.

To prevent pop-ups, switch to the Mozilla browser. www.mozilla.org it has a built in pop-up stopper.

There are also numerous programs that you can download;
www.proximatron.org
www.popupstopper.net

Or just search the internet tools at your favorite download page.
I like www.nonags.com
and www.completelyfreesoftware.com

Chas

by 7nt

If you're worried tinkling with your registry, Xteq Systems (http://www.xteq.com/) will remove all disabled and unnecessary startups from the registry for you. Xteq is free.

If you're using IE, there is a free browser out which emulates IE but has a lot of extra goodies with it, one of them is a built-in popup stopper with 500 built-in addresses to which you can add as many more as you want. It is called Crazy Browser and can be found here:
http://www.crazybrowser.com/
As Xteq, this product is also freeware and tiny to boot: it uses IE's settings, so you need do nothing after installing it. It will adapt your dialup, network and other configurations from IE, even load your Favorites.

by vh_s

This is the registry entries that you need to remove.

REGEDIT.EXE

This is where you could find the disabled entries of MSCONFIG

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

or,

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices-

If you are sure, you could directly delete the entries in this hive (correct terms?), or otherwise save it first prior to deleting so you could later imported it back.

vh_s

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