limewire opening itself on startup!!

[quad_rings]

i m running limewire and its got a very irritating habit of opening itself on startup, the really annoying thing is it doesnt even connect, does anybody know how to stop it from doing it as its really driving me nuts!

[rsvmilly]

There is a tick box in the settings. Go to ADVANCED and untick it.

www.limewire.com/english/content/ug_options.shtml

[quad_rings]

i ve unticked the box in advanced but its still still doing it!!

[iaint]

Have you checked int he Startup menu folder? (Start->Programs->Startup)

There might eb a shortcut there tot eh executable that's run when 'doze starts up.

[Jinx]

Pop over to sysinternals and download autoruns.

www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Look through that for any limewire type filenames - and untick the box.

Restart PC and hopefully everything will be at peace again......

[mcflurry]

...or type msconfig and untick it

[iaint]

mcflurry said:

...or type msconfig and untick it

very useful

[Jinx]

mcflurry said:

...or type msconfig and untick it

There's always one who has to lower the tone and bring microshaft into the conversation.

I like autoruns because if you right-click a file name you have no idea about it gives you the option to "google" it

Edited by Jinx on Friday 2nd June 14:09

[quad_rings]

thanks for that i ll give it a go.

[fidgits]

There is a virus going around that will open limewire on boot.. make sure your AV is up to date and run a scan...

[Plotloss]

Jinx said:

mcflurry said: ...or type msconfig and untick it There's always one who has to lower the tone and bring microshaft into the conversation. I like autoruns because if you right-click a file name you have no idea about it gives you the option to "google" it Edited by Jinx on Friday 2nd June 14:09

Is sysinternals something to do with Gibson?

I'd much rather take it from Microsoft than that berk if it is...

[Jinx]

Plotloss said:

Is sysinternals something to do with Gibson? I'd much rather take it from Microsoft than that berk if it is...

Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell - didn't seem nefarious to me.