Windows reports at each bootup that it has blocked some programs
that are not permitted. From the list given via a right-click on
the icon, it appears none are actually blocked, but several are
listed as unknowns, essentially. (Currently, the service fails to
initialize, so I can't quote the exact phrase.)

Is there any way to prevent this message or to authorize the
questioned programs?

David

David Salmon wrote:

> Windows reports at each bootup that it has blocked some programs
> that are not permitted. From the list given via a right-click on
> the icon, it appears none are actually blocked, but several are
> listed as unknowns, essentially. (Currently, the service fails to
> initialize, so I can't quote the exact phrase.)
>
> Is there any way to prevent this message or to authorize the
> questioned programs?
>
> David

===================================
Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:

Stop the 'Windows Has Blocked Some Startup
Programs' Pop-Up Box from Appearing
http://www.maximumpcguides.com/stop-...rom-appearing/


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"David Salmon" <dsalmon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Windows reports at each bootup that it has blocked some programs that are
> not permitted. From the list given via a right-click on the icon, it
> appears none are actually blocked, but several are listed as unknowns,
> essentially. (Currently, the service fails to initialize, so I can't
> quote the exact phrase.)
>
> Is there any way to prevent this message or to authorize the questioned
> programs?

Tell Windows Defender about them, and the message will go away.

Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

Thanks. I would if I knew how. I can't access the link you gave; it reports an HTTP 501 error.

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Tell Windows Defender about them, and the message will go away.
>
> Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eeWy0utPIHA.5160@xxxxxx

>
> "David Salmon" <dsalmon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OwMkAQqPIHA.5264@xxxxxx

> > Windows reports at each bootup that it has blocked some programs that are
> > not permitted. From the list given via a right-click on the icon, it
> > appears none are actually blocked, but several are listed as unknowns,
> > essentially. (Currently, the service fails to initialize, so I can't
> > quote the exact phrase.)
> >
> > Is there any way to prevent this message or to authorize the questioned
> > programs?

>
> Tell Windows Defender about them, and the message will go away.
>
> Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

So Defender needs to be patched or shut down ??

"David Morgan (MAMS)" <findme@xxxxxx-a-m-s.comC/Odm> wrote in message
news:huV8j.282$ZA4.79@xxxxxx

>
> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eeWy0utPIHA.5160@xxxxxx

>>
>> "David Salmon" <dsalmon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OwMkAQqPIHA.5264@xxxxxx

>> > Windows reports at each bootup that it has blocked some programs that
>> > are
>> > not permitted. From the list given via a right-click on the icon, it
>> > appears none are actually blocked, but several are listed as unknowns,
>> > essentially. (Currently, the service fails to initialize, so I can't
>> > quote the exact phrase.)
>> >
>> > Is there any way to prevent this message or to authorize the questioned
>> > programs?

>>
>> Tell Windows Defender about them, and the message will go away.
>>
>> Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

>
>
> So Defender needs to be patched or shut down ??
>

No, you configure WD to know who are the Start-up programs so WD won't block
them at system start-up and login. If one doesn't tell WD who they are at
start-up, then WD is going to block them and you must reply to the message,
otherwise, WD will let them start with no message to the user.

I have no problems in accessing the site with IE7 on Vista. If you continue to have problems, then you can use another browser like FireFox (free) or another computer.

You should look up what the Error code 501 means, use Google.

"David Salmon" <dsalmon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eEtssI3PIHA.1184@xxxxxx
Thanks. I would if I knew how. I can't access the link you gave; it reports an HTTP 501 error.

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eeWy0utPIHA.5160@xxxxxx

>
> Tell Windows Defender about them, and the message will go away.
>
> Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

I did what the link suggests, which was to check the box, "Don’t
show this message or start System Configuration when Windows
starts," with the result that the message and icon still appear,
but the System Configuration option is now gone.

Could you please tell me how to restore it?

Incidentally, the blocked program is PC Magazine's Startup Cop 3
utility. When I click "Show or remove blocked startup programs,"
it does so, but highlighting Startup Cop provides only Remove and
Disable options, not Enable. Is there some other way to enable
the program?

David


"John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23uHxc%23rPIHA.6036@xxxxxx

> David Salmon wrote:

>> Windows reports at each bootup that it has blocked some
>> programs
>> that are not permitted. From the list given via a right-click
>> on
>> the icon, it appears none are actually blocked, but several are
>> listed as unknowns, essentially. (Currently, the service fails
>> to
>> initialize, so I can't quote the exact phrase.)
>>
>> Is there any way to prevent this message or to authorize the
>> questioned programs?
>>
>> David

> ===================================
> Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:
>
> Stop the 'Windows Has Blocked Some Startup
> Programs' Pop-Up Box from Appearing
> http://www.maximumpcguides.com/stop-...rom-appearing/
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>

I was able to access it today, and discovered that my browser size had obscured the bottom of the options page. I reset all the options to real time (it was off). However, It has not made any difference in the operation either of Windows Defender or any of the other services malfunctioning on my computer presently. The program (Startup Cop 3, by PCMag) is still blocked, the icon showing it has blocked the program still appears, and there still is no way to prevent this apparent to me short of disabling or removing the program entirely, which I suppose I will do if there is no way to authorize it.

I remain unable to use Windows Search, Indexing, or to access Windows Features on the Programs page, or, as of this morning, to get the network server to start ("connection status unknown; server execution failed"), as I have been discussing in other messages on the general and performance forums. My internet connection is still working, however.

Is there any way to reinstall Windows Defender? When I try, it reports that WD is already part of Vista, and stops.

Thanks for your help.

David

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23ve04H4PIHA.4684@xxxxxx
I have no problems in accessing the site with IE7 on Vista. If you continue to have problems, then you can use another browser like FireFox (free) or another computer.

You should look up what the Error code 501 means, use Google.

"David Salmon" <dsalmon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eEtssI3PIHA.1184@xxxxxx
Thanks. I would if I knew how. I can't access the link you gave; it reports an HTTP 501 error.

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eeWy0utPIHA.5160@xxxxxx

>
> Tell Windows Defender about them, and the message will go away.
>
> Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

How do I configure WD to do this?? None of the options available
via Control Panel/Windows Defender enable me to do this, so far as
I can find. Software Explorer provides only Remove and Disable
options; Quarantine is empty, notwithstanding the try icon's
report that WD has blocked the program (Startup Cop 3, by PC Mag.)
Nor have I yet found a way to completely eliminate WD from
running; I probably don't need it since I also run Norton 360 and
Spy Sweeper.

Please let me know how this is done. It may well be that WD is
malfunctioning, along with Windows Search, Windows Features,
Indexing, and the "server" that is part of the internet/networking
subsystem.

David


"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O9E63H4PIHA.4684@xxxxxx

>
> "David Morgan (MAMS)" <findme@xxxxxx-a-m-s.comC/Odm> wrote in message
> news:huV8j.282$ZA4.79@xxxxxx

>>

>>>>

>> So Defender needs to be patched or shut down ??
>>

>
> No, you configure WD to know who are the Start-up programs so WD
> won't block them at system start-up and login. If one doesn't
> tell WD who they are at start-up, then WD is going to block them
> and you must reply to the message, otherwise, WD will let them
> start with no message to the user.
>
>