Comments on: Turn off a Startup Program

By: Carl wolf Peetz

Carl wolf Peetz — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:32:56 +0000

STOP master password from controlling me!

By: Carl wolf Peetz

Carl wolf Peetz — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:24:53 +0000

Is it Firefox that tries to control my protection from kids?

By: Carl wolf Peetz

Carl wolf Peetz — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:23:02 +0000

How do you call the “universal” password that repeatedly pops up on my pages, so i can turn it off?

By: Milo

Milo — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:34:23 +0000

hi.
when i click stop a program from running at startup, it says “windows cannot frond C\:program . make sure you typed the name correctly then try again”
what can i do about this?
thanks in advance (:

By: tj1006

tj1006 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:25:13 +0000

click the “show for all users” button at the bottom of windows defender. You can then disable or remove all programs.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:56:39 +0000

I have vista ultimate. My program icon in control panel says programs and features (not programs). There is also no link that says change startup programs. Weird. Oh well your post has been of mo use to me. I’ll keep looking. Thanks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:02:55 +0000

hey Averill one reason windows defender wont run is cause if you have a anti virus/malware program running like norton, it disables windows defender, if this is the case you need to disable your anti virus/malware program in order to enable widows defender … hope this help..

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:50:15 +0000

I Have the same problem. It’s really frustrating.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:10:36 +0000

What does ‘not yet classified’ mean and how can I take those particular programs off my start up program?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:38:56 +0000

What can you do about programs that don’t give you the option to remove or disable? I have quite a few like that.

By: pramod

pramod — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:34:00 +0000

thank you very much

By: MGB

MGB — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:28:05 +0000

When I try to change or uninstall a program, it tells me that “the system administrator has set policies that prevent this installation.” How do I get around that?

By: James and Peg

James and Peg — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:51:13 +0000

Okay, thanks a ton!

Okay, I disabled everything but AVG and Carbonite Info Center and, of course, the programs you told us not to!

Thanks for the help…I’ve been searching for 9 months for a Vista help that was easy and trustful! ;)

By: Tony Northrup

Tony Northrup — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:40:18 +0000

If you disable it, you can easily re-enable it if you change your mind later. If you remove it, it won’t be as easy to make it start automatically later. Either way, you’ll be able to run the program manually.

By: James and Peg

James and Peg — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:32:18 +0000

But what is the diff between “disable” and “remove?” If I remove a program from the start up, will I still be able to open it later? Thanks!

By: Zr7

Zr7 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:36:39 +0000

Averill, i have the same problem, every time I try to open windows defender i have a error message saying that it times out. Did you find a way to fix this?
If so, could you please let me know on leandro_lsd@hotmail.com
thanks

By: regan

regan — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:28:08 +0000

thanks for the update anonymous had the same prob

By: averill

averill — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:13:01 +0000

Your idea probably works fine but my windows defender won’t run. Is there another way to change the startup?

By: teresa

teresa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:08:18 +0000

thanks for everything, help a lot. Now my pc is working much better and faster than before.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:02:36 +0000

Click the control panel home link at the far top left, it will change it back to vista control panel and take you out of the classic view