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Every time I boot up windows, a script to install some program starts up and asks me to put a CD in. Ran a few virus and spyware scans and all coming up clean. Any idea what's going on and how I can stop it?

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Reply to CHEEZball

Yeah. Used to be trying to reinstall Roxio, so I uninstalled it. Now, instead it's trying to install "PhotoGallery." Not sure what it is. Tried a search and can't locate it either.

(Can someone at least tell me where windows stores install information so I can manually delete the install on boot up?)

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for winxp go to your start button/all programs/Startup and start deleting what you don't recognize.

if that doesn't do it se Windows’ System Configuration Utility to remove hidden startup applications. From the Run prompt (in the Start menu) type msconfig and click OK. Select the Startup tab to check out what other apps are launching at boot up. Uncheck anything nonessential. Many processes and programs have cryptic or obscure names. It may be difficult to tell which program is which when you’re trying to remove them. (MSN Messenger, for instance, appears as “msmsgs.”) Remove programs from the startup list with caution. When in doubt, search the Web to find out what a particular process is supposed to do.

if still doesn't work try going into My Computer, double-clicking your hard drive, then choosing Documents and Settings, All Users, Start menu, Programs, and Startup.

After that you gotta play in the registry.. and i hate doin that so you'll need someone elses help heheh

Reply to CHEEZball

No luck on either suggestion. Thanks though. Anybody else have some ideas?

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