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Removing Start Up Items

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 01:31 PM

Hi

I have used the database to identify items that I dont ( I hope!) need at start up (about half of those in the list shown by the msconfig utility).

I plan to remove these one at a time (I am using Smart Pc programme for this) and to check for problems (if any) at start-up.

Is this the correct approach to take and is there anything else I should be doing.

Thanks for any comments/suggestions.

Chris

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 05:32 PM

Are you removing these startups because they are not needed or because they are malware? If they think they are malware, and you want to be 100% sure, you can always scan them via http://virusscan.jotti.org/
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 07:01 PM

Hi Lawrence

Thanks for your response. None of the items in my start up appear to be malware. I'm just trying to speed up my comp by taking out SU items I don't need. I thought if I removed them one at a time, if there were to be a problem I would then know what caused it

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Posted 15 March 2006 - 09:43 AM

Thats the proper way of doing it.
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