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RE: MSN photo virus help please
To Chris4 and Mentality (and maybe others): msconfig isn't the best tool to check startup entries. In fact, I would strongly suggest to never ever use msconfig to actually change startup stuff, it isn't even an 'easy alternative' for that.

Changes you make there will result in Windows starting up in an alternative state, meaning the changes will NOT be permanent and Windows will NOT start up in the normal way.

Furthermore, msconfig wont show you all the possible startup locations, there are tons and tons more. And especially virusses wont use the obvious entries which you would see in msconfig.

If you need to review and/or change startup entries, use a program like AutoRuns.
autoruns doesn't need installing and is completely free

Also see many other threads:
Start-up Programs
How do you stop things from automatcly apearing when turn on your PC
CookieRevised's reply to Removing items from "msconfig"
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Originally posted by Chris4
I was going to suggest AutoRuns if there was no problems in msconfig ;)
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This post was edited on 03-13-2008 at 04:20 AM by CookieRevised.
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MSN photo virus help please - by valoteagan on 03-11-2008 at 10:22 PM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by Chris4 on 03-12-2008 at 03:00 AM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by valoteagan on 03-12-2008 at 10:19 AM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by Spunky on 03-12-2008 at 02:46 PM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by Chris4 on 03-12-2008 at 04:37 PM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by Mentality on 03-12-2008 at 04:46 PM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by CookieRevised on 03-12-2008 at 08:57 PM
RE: MSN photo virus help please - by Chris4 on 03-13-2008 at 01:57 AM


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