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how to disable programs in msconfig
Name: scott890 Date: December 19, 2005 at 09:36:27 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 733/ 128MB
Comment:
I would like to disable some of the programs that are under startup when I use msconfig. The problem though, is that when I uncheck the boxes, I restart the computer and they are checked again. After unchecking the boxes I click appply and then close, and then restart, but they are checked again after it starts up. Any ideas?
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: December 19, 2005 at 09:52:23 Pacific
Reply:
What are these programs you are trying to disable? If it is spyware/adaware there will other components that will continue to reactivate them.
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: scott890 Date: December 19, 2005 at 09:57:29 Pacific
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The programs I'm trying to disable are:
wmsngr.exe mssmsgs.exe msmsg.exe cAppp.exe
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Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf Date: December 19, 2005 at 10:11:04 Pacific
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scott890, I suggest that you update your virus definitions and run a full virus scan as it looks like yiur computer is infected with a virus or trojan. If you do a google search for those file names you'll see that the first 3 are virus/trojan related. I didn't check the cAppp.exe file name out.
Tufenuf
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Response Number 4
Name: Lijiman Date: December 19, 2005 at 12:15:41 Pacific
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There is a file named ccApp.exe that isa Symantec virus scanner executable. However since yours is cAppp.exe, it may be some sorta virus.
Name: scott890 Date: December 19, 2005 at 12:45:10 Pacific
Reply:
Actually I don't have any antivirus program, they all seem to slow down my computer when I'm surfing the net. Is there a way to manually remove them?
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Response Number 6
Name: Tufenuf Date: December 19, 2005 at 14:38:03 Pacific
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scott890, "Actually I don't have any antivirus program". You're going to have huge problems without an AV Ptogram on your computer as you're now having. You may want to run the Free on-line "Housecall" virus scan at the link below if you're computer isn't too messed up to run it.
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