Autostart programmes

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I seem to have 53 programme starting automatically when I launch XP Home. How
can I find out which have to run, and which can be stopped?

 

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In news:EE3DEF69-5691-4800-A19F-ACC2B040F861@microsoft.com,
David C <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

>I seem to have 53 programme starting automatically when I launch
>XP
> Home. How can I find out which have to run, and which can be
> stopped?

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
programs you don't want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
time. You can get more information about these with at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
to get rid of.


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To see which may safely be disabled go to
http://www.blackviper.com/
Under Popular Content
Windows services

 

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Thank you very much for this, which I appreciate, and which has helped. The
problem for me, though, is twofold: first, that I do not recognise many of
the elements there (I just don't know enough about it); and secondly that
neither CastleCops nor BlackViper have them all. Example this Autostart
entry:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\expolerdata.exe %srun%

No trace of expolerdata as a search string on either of those two sites, and
none either on Microsoft.com ... and yes, I have got the spelling right! Any
advice gratefully received!

Many thanks,

David C

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> In news:EE3DEF69-5691-4800-A19F-ACC2B040F861@microsoft.com,
> David C <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
> >I seem to have 53 programme starting automatically when I launch
> >XP
> > Home. How can I find out which have to run, and which can be
> > stopped?
>
> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>
> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
> performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.
>
> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
> time. You can get more information about these with at
> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.
>
> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
> to get rid of.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

 

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expolerdata.exe is not a Microsoft file. Try leaving it unchecked.

Msconfig will also tell you where it is loaded from and you can remove it
there after verifying that it is not needed by any program you are using.

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"David C" <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D1F78F2-EBB8-4B0F-9D8F-F5AB54469FF4@microsoft.com
> Thank you very much for this, which I appreciate, and which has
> helped. The problem for me, though, is twofold: first, that I do not
> recognise many of the elements there (I just don't know enough about
> it); and secondly that neither CastleCops nor BlackViper have them
> all. Example this Autostart entry:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\expolerdata.exe %srun%
>
> No trace of expolerdata as a search string on either of those two
> sites, and none either on Microsoft.com ... and yes, I have got the
> spelling right! Any advice gratefully received!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> David C
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:EE3DEF69-5691-4800-A19F-ACC2B040F861@microsoft.com,
>> David C <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>>> I seem to have 53 programme starting automatically when I launch
>>> XP
>>> Home. How can I find out which have to run, and which can be
>>> stopped?
>>
>> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
>> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
>> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
>> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
>> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>>
>> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
>> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
>> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
>> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
>> performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.
>>
>> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
>> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
>> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
>> time. You can get more information about these with at
>> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
>> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.
>>
>> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
>> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
>> to get rid of.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

 

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In news:2D1F78F2-EBB8-4B0F-9D8F-F5AB54469FF4@microsoft.com,
David C <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Thank you very much for this, which I appreciate, and which has
> helped.


You're welcome. Glad to help.


> The problem for me, though, is twofold: first, that I do not
> recognise many of the elements there (I just don't know enough
> about
> it); and secondly that neither CastleCops nor BlackViper have
> them
> all. Example this Autostart entry:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\expolerdata.exe %srun%
>
> No trace of expolerdata as a search string on either of those
> two
> sites, and none either on Microsoft.com ...


I can't find a reference to exactly that file name, but if I go
to Symantec's Virus search site http://www.symantec.com/search/
and search on expoler, it finds a couple of things.

So I suspect that you're infected. Do you run an antivirus
program, and update its virus definitions regularly? Do you run a
firewall? Do you run several anti-spyware programs, such as
Adaware, Spyware Blaster, and Spybot Search and Destroy?

--
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> and yes, I have got the
> spelling right! Any advice gratefully received!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> David C
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:EE3DEF69-5691-4800-A19F-ACC2B040F861@microsoft.com,
>> David C <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> >I seem to have 53 programme starting automatically when I
>> >launch
>> >XP
>> > Home. How can I find out which have to run, and which can be
>> > stopped?
>>
>> On each program you don't want to start automatically, check
>> its
>> Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can
>> easily
>> and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run
>> MSCONFIG
>> from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
>> programs you don't want to start automatically.
>>
>> However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the
>> purpose
>> of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
>> people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of
>> these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt
>> performance severely, but others have no effect on
>> performance.
>>
>> Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
>> should do is determine what each program is, what its value is
>> to
>> you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all
>> the
>> time. You can get more information about these with at
>> http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
>> there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.
>>
>> Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
>> informed decision about what you want to keep and what you
>> want
>> to get rid of.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

 

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"David C" <David C@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D1F78F2-EBB8-4B0F-9D8F-F5AB54469FF4@microsoft.com...
> Thank you very much for this, which I appreciate, and which has helped.
> The
> problem for me, though, is twofold: first, that I do not recognise many of
> the elements there (I just don't know enough about it); and secondly that
> neither CastleCops nor BlackViper have them all. Example this Autostart
> entry:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\expolerdata.exe %srun%
>
> No trace of expolerdata as a search string on either of those two sites,
> and
> none either on Microsoft.com ... and yes, I have got the spelling right!
> Any
> advice gratefully received!
>

http://www.spyany.com/files/expoler_exe.html


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