----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:33
PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Computer, not
golf
Yeah, maybe so, but it pisses me off that I can't
get rid of it. Every part of the thing, whatever the hell it is, is gone from
the computer. I was on drugstore.com site a couple days ago and the screen
flickered, and a warning came up. "Danger" or something like that. I didn't
pay much attention to it until I got off line. Then I see a shortcut to some
friggin' porno site on my screen, and another thing on the tool bar. I clicked
on the toolbar thing and the modem went into action. I shut the computer down
instantly and rebooted. I dragged the shortcut to the wastebasket and went to
msconfig/startup. There, on the startup menu was this .exe file. I unchecked
it and started a folder search. Found one called "dial up" or something like
that. Deleted it. Rebooted. Did another search for any combination of words in
the startup menu. Couldn't find another instance of it, but its still on the
startup page. I realize it can't run since everything assoctiated with it has
been deleted, but it still pisses me off.
This "thing" got on my machine in less than a
couple of seconds. It isn't a virus. Norton's latest updates scanned the
computer and found nothing. I don't know what a "trojan" is - a virus, I
suppose, but this .exe file sure got on my machine in a big hurry.
TFlan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 8:36
PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Computer, not
golf
Once you have un-checked the box in front of the line of
copy, that command is no longer loaded.
If just having the unused command
line there still bothers you, you should see the clutter left in your
registry.
You can always have Norton System Works (or like software)
clean up your registry but, as far as I know, you aint gonna get rid of that
line in your start up menu anytime soon.
Besides, you got better
things to do with your time that is left than worry about dust bunnies in
your start up menu.
CB
At 05:40 PM 2/2/2003 -0800, you
wrote:
HI;
Got a problem. Maybe a windows guru can help. I have a line of
typing on my startup menu I want to get rid of. This isn't the "Start"
button at the bottom of the tool bar. Its the one I get when I type
"run/msconfig/startup" I've removed the program from the computer, I've
run every "find" function I can think of, and I've unchecked the box at
the head of the line of print. I want to get rid of the printed line as
well. I've tried highlighting and deleting but it doesn't do anything.
How can I get rid of this
line of type?
TIA
TFlan
