"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> wrote
> I've looked everywhere I can think of and cannot find where this is
> triggered. Suggestions?
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote
>> "Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> 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...
>>> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote
>>>> "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?
Have you asked the Macrovision tech support?
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]