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To: mr.mark who wrote (16822)	2/24/2001 2:36:51 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110634

mark That's not bad...do referrals for interactive comp help pay well? referrals.com Whatcha think? tc :-)

To: mr.mark who wrote (16822)	2/24/2001 4:03:41 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110634

Here's the report back on stopping a program from booting on startup. I finally managed to subdue it, but it defied my efforts for a while. The entry was in the registry under local machine... as stated in the tip you posted, just disguised with a name that one wouldn't think was related to the program. So it took me a while to break the code. I found a program at ZDnet called Custom StartUp that made the process easy and safer. It displays your startup configurations in a spreadsheet like format. You can simply uncheck the entries you don't want auto starting and it takes care of the details. You can also save and restore various startup configurations, making it easy to manage alternate startups. Another cool thing is that when you uncheck an entry, the entry remains in the configuration listing unchecked. It doesn't auto start, but can be easily rechecked to be added again. Makes it easy to experiment. BTW, the auto start program I removed is American Express Online, a free ISP that I use for backup. Other than the auto startup, it seems to be very good. They even offer free ISDN connections in many locations. Only for AE card holders however. Esteban