Vista - startup program -disable

I'm attempting to disable adobe photoshop from my "startup programs" (in
windows defender, Software explorer). I followed the instructions to disable
but when I highlight any program (ie Adobe photoshop) the "remove - disable
-enable" buttons are greyed out and don't work. I checked adn this is tru of
all the programs in the startup programs list.

HELP!

Defender should work to do that. I would suspect some tinkering with your
Permissions. Open regedit and look at the RUN keys to delete any unwanted
Values from the right pane.
HKEY_Current_User/.... AND
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

The EDIT menu in regedit will have a Permissions setting to re-allow access
to you.

This utility should help remove the Malware settings.
Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to
repair file and registry permissions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...04/739820.aspx
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"Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello.

This tutorial talk about enabling/disabling startup programs: Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

I hope this helps.

I'm not sure what qualifies as "unwanted"

In the right pane (in both cases) teh only item is Name: "ab" (an icon)
"(default)" type: REG_SZ

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Export the key (rightclick it) as a .reg file, which can be run later to
restore the setting if you need that. Then delete all those Values in the
right pane, and restart.

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"Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I attempted to didable the items through "msconfig". Reboot and see if that
works! Your instructions seem a bit over my head as I don't understand what,
exactly, I'm tinkering with.

Thanks

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

AS I said, the "remove - disable -enable" buttons are greyed out and don't
work.

But thanks, I'm trying to disable through msconfig. Wish me luck!

".Joe" wrote:

Disabling it through msconfig worked!

Getting to the point where my new Vista system as ALMOST as good as my old
XP set-up. Well, not really.

Thanks again!

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: