Yup, I knew most of what you said. The "Launcher.exe" hits on Google were
not clear to me, however, and I fear that if I allow those Acer programs to
run, they will start another process that I neither need or want.. My take
is if these programs are being blocked, I'm probably doing OK without them.
Or maybe their absence are causing other grief I'm enduring. I miss XP Pro,
where I could avoid issues like this! I stopped using Zone Alarm, because
it constantly made me make choices like this!
"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote
> I'm still attempting to get my Laptop set up, thus my posting my question
> in
> this "installation_setup" Newsgroup. When the pre-installed Vista Home
> Premium on my new Acer Laptop starts up, it says some "Startup Programs"
> have been blocked. The programs it displays as "Not Yet Classified" mean
> nothing to me. I have no qualification or knowledge that enables me to
> make any kind of decision about these cryptic programs. "Acer eAP Launch
> Tool", "Launcher.exe", "Acer Launch Manager", and "eDataSecurity" are the
> names that Windows Defender displays as "Not Yet Classified" - many others
> say "Permitted". Does a setting exist that will let Vista decide and quit
> nagging me about something I can't correct?
Programs are blocked by Defender at startup if they are doing something that
requires admin privileges.
Error message when you reach the Windows Vista Desktop: "Windows has blocked
some startup programs"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930367/en-us
If you want to know what the programs are/do, Google for them or contact
Acer tech support.
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]