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Intel gfx related programs running at startup
  1. 26 Dec 2007 #1


    Moody Marco Guest

    Intel gfx related programs running at startup

    My daughter got a laptop for Xmas, with Vista Home Premium and an Intel
    X3100 gfx accelerator.

    On startup, just after her desktop appears, Vista produces a pop-up asking
    if she wants to run igfx<something>.exe. Regardless of whether she clicks
    ok, another pops up asking if she wants to run hkcmd.exe. There's a 3rd
    after this, can't remember the file name, but it's gfx card related.



    There's a tick box about "Always ask for this type of file", but even if she
    unticks it, it asks for the same 3 files every boot up.

    Now what's bugging me is if I look in msconfig and the startup folder, these
    3 files are NOT shown anywhere as set to run at start up.

    Any ideas why it keeps asking and how to stop it?

    Cheers, and merry Christmas!


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    Re: Intel gfx related programs running at startup

    Quote Originally Posted by Moody Marco View Post
    My daughter got a laptop for Xmas, with Vista Home Premium and an Intel
    X3100 gfx accelerator.

    On startup, just after her desktop appears, Vista produces a pop-up asking
    if she wants to run igfx<something>.exe. Regardless of whether she clicks
    ok, another pops up asking if she wants to run hkcmd.exe. There's a 3rd
    after this, can't remember the file name, but it's gfx card related.

    There's a tick box about "Always ask for this type of file", but even if she
    unticks it, it asks for the same 3 files every boot up.

    Now what's bugging me is if I look in msconfig and the startup folder, these
    3 files are NOT shown anywhere as set to run at start up.

    Any ideas why it keeps asking and how to stop it?

    Cheers, and merry Christmas!
    Hi Moody Marco,

    Take a look in the registry "Run" and "RunOnce" keys to see if there is a entry in there for the GFX pop-ups. Look at Method Three in this tutorial for how.

    Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

    Shawn

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