Exactly, I have removed them from startup numerous times there are 3
programs that keep reappearing.
Dana Cline - MVP wrote:
> It's not that simple...I have this popup too, on a new system nuked to bare
> hard drive and then installed apps. It's not in any Startup group, and the
> various programs I've tried that show me the startup programs don't have it
> listed. I'd be happy to turn it off, if I could find it. Or uninstall the
> software that put it there in the first place...
>
> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ecw%23bTVhHHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "Nunya Beeswax" <klickdis@gmai.com> wrote
>>> macrovision update service keeps getting blocked at start up, any way to
>>> fix?????
>> Any program running at startup that requests admin privileges will be
>> blocked each time at startup until you give permission for it. There are
>> some options. First is to question why it has to run each time at
>> startup. Seems like a waste of resources. I update programs periodically
>> and don't let them do it automatically except for the AV program. So one
>> option is to remove it from running at startup. Another option is to
>> check with the program author for a version that doesn't need admin
>> privileges. There's no reason why an autoupdater should need admin
>> privileges.
>>
>> Here is another option, run it as a scheduled task.
>> http://blog.gerke-preussner.de/index...-in-Vista.html
>>
>> --
>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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