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mwe99
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O.P. Annoying start up pop up....
Anyone know how i can get rid of that? It's been annoying me for about 3 weeks now. I ran spybot but it still pops up!
Any suggestions?
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04-17-2005 05:08 PM |
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lopardo
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
It's from a spyware program. Maybe Spybod did delete it, but the autorun key is still there, and Windows is telling you it can't find it.
Go to Start > Run, type "msconfig" and press Enter. Go to the last tab, look for an item named "rundll32.exe newdot~2.dll" or something like that and uncheck it.
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04-17-2005 05:19 PM |
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Zephyr
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
Newdot is spyware so you probably have deleted it but its still on your startup. Note that it says that the file cannot be found.
1. Click on your Start button, and select the Run option.
2. In the box that appears type msconfig
3. You will see a screen with several tabs at the top. The General tab will be the default selection. On that tab the 3rd. option down is Selective Startup. Click that box to put a check mark in it.
4. Select the Startup tab, which is at the top, and far right of the window.
5. Scroll down the list of programs, and uncheck "newdot" from the menu.
6. Click the Apply button.
7. Click Ok, and select the Reboot Now option.
This post was edited on 04-17-2005 at 05:21 PM by Zephyr.
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04-17-2005 05:21 PM |
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mwe99
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O.P. RE: Annoying start up pop up....
quote: Originally posted by monster.rat
select the Run option.
2. In the box that appears type msconfig
Thanks alot! it worked yay
This post was edited on 04-17-2005 at 05:48 PM by mwe99.
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04-17-2005 05:48 PM |
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Zephyr
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
quote: Originally posted by mwe99
Thanks alot! it worked yay
No problem
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04-17-2005 05:49 PM |
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Sunshine
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
That however isn't the real solution. I had that once with bridge.dll, i solved it by running TweakNow RegCleaner. The only thing the solution mentioned above did is not making it start up anymore, the key in registry is still there.
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04-17-2005 07:45 PM |
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lopardo
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
quote: Originally posted by Sunshine
That however isn't the real solution. I had that once with bridge.dll, i solved it by running TweakNow RegCleaner. The only thing the solution mentioned above did is not making it start up anymore, the key in registry is still there.
What key are you talking about?
I strongly disagree about using programs such as RegCleaner...
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04-17-2005 07:48 PM |
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absorbation
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
I had a startup error and people told me how to fix it (sunshine) but i did'nt really get it so i left it. A day later it had gone after 3 months of having it and i have no idea why
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04-17-2005 07:49 PM |
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Sunshine
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RE: Annoying start up pop up....
Lopardo:
All thats done now is selective startup, meaning you told windows not to start up a certain item..if you ever had something like that go check, if i'm not mistaken it is still in the startuplist (just unchecked).
TweakNow Regcleaner is fully safe to use (unlike many other regcleaners and tweakers..to use those you need to know what you are doing), it even makes backups...wich i never had to use...ofcourse you can choose to clean out the registry manually if you like (if you know what you are doing..if not..don't). A messy registry can cause your computer to slow down.
This post was edited on 04-17-2005 at 07:59 PM by Sunshine.
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04-17-2005 07:56 PM |
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mwe99
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O.P. RE: Annoying start up pop up....
I'll try the TweakNow Regcleaner and report back. Thanks Sunshine!
edit: okay so it came back that i have a total of 95 "problems"
This post was edited on 04-17-2005 at 08:05 PM by mwe99.
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04-17-2005 08:03 PM |
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