[Ham-Computers] RE: System Startup Question.

[Jim Hill]

Aaron: Could you make a Norton Ghost image, delete this and that, and 
if you guessed incorrectly or had problems use a Ghost bootable 
floppy to restore to the previous configuration and try again?
Jim


At 10:02 AM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>"Hijackthis" is the perfect app to run in this situation, but it can 
>be a dangerous tool if improperly used (can cause your system to not 
>boot or behave irratically).  It shows all of the apps starting with 
>Windows as well as hooks and apps that start with Internet Explorer 
>(BHO's: Browser Help Objects, DPF's: Downloaded Program Files, 
>toolsbars, etc) and other information.  It's probably the most 
>widely used tool to diagnose ad/spyware problems as you can see most 
>startup items and BHO's in one place.
>
>Loren already stepped you through the MSCONFIG list.  If you feel 
>comfortable with trying Hijackthis, then go here and download 
>it:  http://www.merijn.org.  Version 2.00(beta) is the "newest" 
>version and the old faithful version is 1.99.1.  TrendMicro recently 
>purchased Hijackthis from the original author, if that gives you an 
>idea of how popular it is.
>
>Once you download Hijackthis, put it in a folder by itself and run 
>it - it's self contained.  Do a "System Scan" and go through the 
>list.  Don't tick any of the checkboxes unless you know you want to 
>remove that component.  Once done, click on the "Fix checked" button 
>if you want to enact the changes, or click the upper right "X" to 
>close Hijackthis without any changes.  If you fix any changes, an 
>undo for each change is saved in a folder where Hijackthis is 
>located.  You can undo any change by starting Hijackthis, selecting 
>"view list of backups", and selecting which item(s) to restore.
>
>Again, be careful with Hijackthis as it doesn't know "bad" from 
>"good" - it just does what you tell it to do.  Remove the wrong 
>thing and you could run into problems.  If anyone needs more info, let me know.
>
>
>73!
>
>   - Aaron Hsu, NN6O
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KD7JYK
>Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:10 AM
>To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
>experimenting
>Subject: [Ham-Computers] System Startup Question.
>
>I click Start, Run, type "MSCONFIG" and the appropriate program is run...
>
>Under the "Startup" tab there are 16 items listed, four are checked, some
>are repeats.
>
>Is it necessary to have the same item listed several times, none of them
>checked?
>
>Some items are from programs no longer installed.
>
>Some lines were never used to begin with, none the less, they are there.
>
>How can these lines be removed from the list rather than just remain
>unchecked?
>
>Kurt
>
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