Start-Up

[Hill]

On start-up or restart the Windows Media Player takes
over the display . To access the wallpaper, icons and
start tab etc, I have to exit or close the media player.
After that everything is okay. If shutdown or restart is
used the media player shows up first. Is this a virus or
what? Virus scan does not find any infected files etc.
Have run it three time, once in safe mode. Thanks for any
assistance from anyone. Best wishes.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Hill,

Start/run msinfo32, expand the software environment and click on the startup
programs. Look in this list for a line that loads WMP *or* a line that loads
a media file. Make note of where that line is loading from, this is where
you need to go to disable it. If you are unsure of how to proceed, please
post back with the location(s) they are loading from for further assistance.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Hill" > wrote in message
...
> On start-up or restart the Windows Media Player takes
> over the display . To access the wallpaper, icons and
> start tab etc, I have to exit or close the media player.
> After that everything is okay. If shutdown or restart is
> used the media player shows up first. Is this a virus or
> what? Virus scan does not find any infected files etc.
> Have run it three time, once in safe mode. Thanks for any
> assistance from anyone. Best wishes.

[Hill]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Hill,
>
>Start/run msinfo32, expand the software environment and
click on the startup
>programs. Look in this list for a line that loads WMP
*or* a line that loads
>a media file. Make note of where that line is loading
from, this is where
>you need to go to disable it. If you are unsure of how
to proceed, please
>post back with the location(s) they are loading from for
further assistance.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Hill" > wrote in
message
...
>> On start-up or restart the Windows Media Player takes
>> over the display . To access the wallpaper, icons and
>> start tab etc, I have to exit or close the media
player.
>> After that everything is okay. If shutdown or restart
is
>> used the media player shows up first. Is this a virus
or
>> what? Virus scan does not find any infected files etc.
>> Have run it three time, once in safe mode. Thanks for
any
>> assistance from anyone. Best wishes.
>
>
>.
>Got it and the WMP has stopped taking over on boot.
Thanks. Best Regards.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Hill,

Glad to hear it. You may want to check your system for spyware, as it has
been known to cause this behavior.

1) Install and run Adaware from www.lavasoft.de

2) Install and run Spyware Blaster from
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) Dump all TIF's and selectively delete unwanted cookies

4) Turn on the native firewall or install a third-party one

http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

5) Also check these links for helpful advice on removing garbage:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Hill" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Hill,
> >
> >Start/run msinfo32, expand the software environment and
> click on the startup
> >programs. Look in this list for a line that loads WMP
> *or* a line that loads
> >a media file. Make note of where that line is loading
> from, this is where
> >you need to go to disable it. If you are unsure of how
> to proceed, please
> >post back with the location(s) they are loading from for
> further assistance.
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Hill" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> On start-up or restart the Windows Media Player takes
> >> over the display . To access the wallpaper, icons and
> >> start tab etc, I have to exit or close the media
> player.
> >> After that everything is okay. If shutdown or restart
> is
> >> used the media player shows up first. Is this a virus
> or
> >> what? Virus scan does not find any infected files etc.
> >> Have run it three time, once in safe mode. Thanks for
> any
> >> assistance from anyone. Best wishes.
> >
> >
> >.
> >Got it and the WMP has stopped taking over on boot.
> Thanks. Best Regards.