I've looked everywhere I can think of and cannot find where this is
triggered. Suggestions?
Dana Cline - MCE MVP
"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> wrote in message
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>> 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
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>>> "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
>
>
> Hmm, that's too bad. I've not dealt specifically with macrovision update
> service. It has to be running from somewhere. Have you tried Autoruns
> from Microsoft?
>
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> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]