After installing messenger 5.0, the useless program loadqm.exe starts also up. How can one disable this program from the startupprograms in Win 2000 ? I know how it goes in Win98, but in Win2000 i do not know. Can anyone give me hint ? Thanks

download regcleaner from the CNET.com website and then you can delete the shortcut entry from the startup list

I downloaded regcleaner. It worked. A very interesting program by the way. Thanks Brett

I guess deleting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Loadqm.exe do not turn off the auto-update msn feature. There is no msn*.ini in windows 2000 Anyone knows where this feature is set in W2k for Msn ?

When you install MSN Explorer, the Loadqm.exe file is added to the Startup folder, and Loadqm.exe then starts each time you start your computer. Loadqm.exe loads the MSN Queue Manager component which manages queuing for the background file-transfer mechanism that is known as the drizzling service. MORE INFORMATION The drizzle component runs as the Loadqm.exe launcher, and because of this, global drizzles can only be run in the current user context. This feature is required to enable WU AutoUpdate. The Drizzling service is the preferred way to transfer data to the client for background tasks and system services by preserving the end user experience by not affecting available bandwidth. Requests to the Drizzle service are submitted and the files can be transferred in a throttled manner so that the interactive user is not affected by the bandwidth that is consumed. How to Disable the AutoUpdate Feature To disable AutoUpdate: If you can already view protected operating system files, skip to step 2. If you cannot already view protected operating system files: Double-click My Computer, and then click Folder Options on the Tools menu. Click the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click to clear the Hide File Extensions for Known File Types and Hide Protected Operating System Files check boxes. Click OK. In My Computer, double-click drive C, double-click the Program Files folder, double-click the MSN folder, and then double-click the MSNCoreFiles folder. Right-click the Msn6.ini file, and then click Open to open the file in Notepad. In the [msn6] section of the file there should be a line that starts with AutoUpdate=(some URL). Change this to AutoUpdate=0. On the File menu, click Save, and then quit Notepad. Restart your computer. NOTE: To turn the AutoUpdate feature back on, change the AutoUpdate=0 entry to AutoUpdate=1.