I have an Acer laptop.......running XP
those are ACER programs for things like reinstalling Applications from the
hidden Partition,Making a Partition Secure by means of encryption..etc etc.
Take a look at them and see if you ever would use them..
They can be stopped from starting by clicking start/run..type in msconfig
and under the startup tab uncheck them.
They can also be uninstalled individually ..the instructions are on the Acer
website.
I have a few off them unchecked ..
peter
"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
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>
> 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
> news:eex98AEXHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "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.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>