Good advice. I just put a tilde (~) in front of the name, and that seems to do the trick.
And let's not forget that one can run msconfig and see exactly what's being loaded on startup, both services and programs, and you can check/uncheck boxes and see how the changes effect the system. For example, my office gets quite hot in the summer, and I run the Intel system monitor to keep track of the temps in the computer. IMO, summertime requires the monitor to be running. Now that I'm freezing my ass of, I've unchecked the various monitor boxes, thereby freeing memory for the system, but not needing to change file names and screw around with making changes to them later, or possibly mistyping something or accidentally deleting an item. The bottom line is to know your system ... one needn't be an expert at Windows or programming, but just know what's supposed to be on the system and what's helpful or not. There are many resources to enable this knowledge ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Saturday, December 4, 2004, 10:54:20 PM, Shel wrote: > > > Good advice, and good pointers. > > > It might be a good time to mention that some adware and spy programs come > > attached to useful programs that one may DL from the net, and that removing > > the adware or spyware may cause the main program to stop running. > > yes, indeed. They rely on the fact that practically nobody reads the > 'agreements' that you have to click through to install the software. > The agreements include stuff like allowing yourself to be bombarded > with crap. Before you download anything, check up on the web to see > what experiences other people have had. > > Another thing I should add is that when you've identified something you > think is a virus, or trojan or whatever, don't just delete it. Instead > rename it from (say) priam.exe to priam.exe.bob. This stops it from > running, but means that if it turns out to be something useful, and > not a trojan, it is easy to recover. When you're confident that you > haven't made a cock-up, then you can delete it. > > As you do all this, think about Ariadne and Hansel and Gretel. Write > notes about what you've done so you can find your way back if you get > lost in the labyrinthine forest.
