Tom... Glad I could help, especially after all the help, humor and insights you've provided throughout the years that I've been with shoptalk.
Bob Sielski On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:17:53 -0800, tflan wrote: >Hey Grampa!! > >Many thanks. I downloaded "EnZip," a freeware unzip program, then >xteq. Took about an hour altogether. Opened xteq, got into the >startup file, highlighted the offensive line of type, hit delete, >rebooted. Voila! >Its gone! The computer runs just fine and that damn popunder or >parasite or whatever the hell it is, is gone. > >I'm looking at Zone Alarm again, even though I had some difficulty >removing it from another computer several weeks ago. Maybe I'll just >get the new Norton thingy and forget about freeware. However, I'm >most impressed with xteq and EnZip, both of which are freeware. > >Thank again. > >TFlan > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Grampa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:44 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: >Computer, not golf > > >>TFlan... >> >>Get the free program "X-setup" from >> >>http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/index.html >> >>The program allows you to delete any of those lines you want. >> >>Run the program (use the default UI for power users). >> >>You will see a windows explorer type window. Negotiate to >>StartupShutdown, Startup, Win9xME (or WinNT2kXP), Autorun >>sections. >> >>Your startup programs will be listed there. Just highlight the one >>you want and click delete. Done. >> >>Also helpful is if you highlight the entry you can get the full >>file path of the item which helps to decipher what program put the >>entry there. (As an example my startup had a new entry called >>EM_EXEC. I thought it might be spyware or a trojan. But I looked it >>up in X-setup and it turned out to be the driver for a new optical >>mouse I just installed. (WHY DON"T THEY NAME THIS STUFF WITH A MORE >>APPROPRIATE NAME????????) >> >>The program also allows you to change a WHOLE LOT of other windows >>stuff without editing the registry. This a great program to tweak >>windows just the way you like it. >> >>Hope this helps. If you have any questions, let me know. >> >>Bob Sielski >> >>On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:40:01 -0800, tflan wrote: >>>HI; >>> >>>Got a problem. Maybe a windows guru can help. I have a line of >>>typing on my startup menu I want to get rid of. This isn't the >>>"Start" button at the bottom of the tool bar. Its the one I get >>>when I type "run/msconfig/startup" I've removed the program from >>>the computer, I've run every "find" function I can think of, and >>>I've unchecked the box at the head of the line of print. I want >>>to get rid of the printed line as well. I've tried highlighting >>>and deleting but it doesn't do anything. >>> >>>How can I get rid of this line of type? >>> >>>TIA >>> >>>TFlan >>> >>> >> >> >>
