George Masters [MSFT]
December 5th 03, 07:54 PM
There are several programs intended to help you to fix
this sort of thing. One is "autoruns.exe", which you can
find at http://www.sysinternals.com.
There are others, many of them intended to
remove "spyware" installed from the Internet. Try doing a
search using the term "spyware".
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>-----Original Message-----
>Unwanted .exe programs have been downloaded to my PC from
>internet sites and have been configured to start
>automatically when I boot Windows XP. I can see them in
>System Information/Software Environment/Startup Programs,
>but I can't figure out how to remove them from the start
>list. Before I upgraded to XP, I could remove them in
>Windows 98 from the Tools menu but XP doesn't seem to
>allow that. How to?
>.
>
this sort of thing. One is "autoruns.exe", which you can
find at http://www.sysinternals.com.
There are others, many of them intended to
remove "spyware" installed from the Internet. Try doing a
search using the term "spyware".
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>-----Original Message-----
>Unwanted .exe programs have been downloaded to my PC from
>internet sites and have been configured to start
>automatically when I boot Windows XP. I can see them in
>System Information/Software Environment/Startup Programs,
>but I can't figure out how to remove them from the start
>list. Before I upgraded to XP, I could remove them in
>Windows 98 from the Tools menu but XP doesn't seem to
>allow that. How to?
>.
>