> I'd argue that if the user knows about any autorun location at all, the > start menu will be the one. Most Windows users probably don't even know > what the service MMC snap-in is (:s), where the functionality of "Start > -> All programs -> Start" seems a bit more easy to "comprehend". Users > will probably be more or less used to Adobe Reader and OpenOffice > installing quicklaunch stuff there as well. > > From the days when I used to do desktop support, most users who want to stop something from auto-loading go into the program preferences, and uncheck the option that says "Load XXXXX on startup." They only do this if it provides a system tray icon.. Otherwise, they never notice that it loaded on startup in the first place.
Keep in mind that a user removes freenet from auto-start, they might as well uninstall it.. It won't help the network very, and further, it'll give them terrible performance.
