https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/ en Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102270 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:17:45 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102270 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102269 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:03:22 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102269 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102267 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:23:32 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102267 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102266 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:17:54 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102266 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102265 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:00:24 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102265 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102264 "This programme cannot detect startup entries made by rootkits and other new generation viruses..." AFAIK no one says or said Chameleon Startup Mgr. was A/V software. It's designed to help you manage the software you *Want* installed. You run A/V apps to *hopefully* make sure that's all you have to worry about. ;-) * * * #33: "Sometimes it makes a difference after Setup is run that you shut down the program, run Activate and then open the prog again and do the registration steps." Activate.exe as usual adds keys/values to the registry -- it needs to be allowed to do this -- sometimes security software, settings, or Windows may prevent this [Rare, but I have seen A/V software add restrictions to whole sections of the registry]. A past GOTD from Wondershare did overwrite those same keys, but Cameleon Startup Mgr. does not. In 7 64 I ran Activate.exe, installed the app, & let it start as soon as install finished -- no problems noted. 'Bout the only suggestions for those having repeated problems is to monitor the registry while running Activate.exe & make sure the license keys/values are indeed written. Google & there are several tools available, including a method using Microsoft's WinDiff. Can check to see if permissions are set in your registry to allow keys/values to be written, make sure you're running activate.exe as admin, make sure your A/V software isn't preventing changing the registry, & maybe as a last resort, check into setting up / logging into Windows as the so-called Super Admin. * * * #43: "Should I uninstall AnVir Task Manager before I install this one?" The potential problems of using more than one app to control auto-starting software, are 1) confusion, & 2) making sure one doesn't cancel out the other. You could get confused over what you set where, when, & if for example you need to have Chameleon Startup Mgr. start with Windows, you need to make sure whatever other app(s) you have allow it to do so. * * * #45 "Can I use this program to add an entry to the startup during boot? e.g. run a program before anyone even logs onto the machine ?" Adding an entry to the registry's run key(s) under HKLM will take care of every user, as will adding a shortcut to the start menu startup folder for all users. Getting it to load before anyone can log in however is more of a problem... AFAIK that's usually handled by scripting -- Google on scripting for your version of Windows.]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:02:11 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102264 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102263 27. Andy said, "- anyone ever heard of “Autoruns” from Sysinternal? Andy, Try this: autoruns, or this: sysinternals]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:14:22 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102263 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102262 [I had problems once with the Real media player ALWAYS inserting itself into the registry's run key, no matter how many times it was deleted -- it still may, but I don't use it any longer]. If it matters to you, it is a 32 bit app, that also runs pro64.exe [installed under Common Files] in 64 bit Windows. Most everything has some sort of downside, though Chameleon Startup Mgr's is really pretty minor. If you have it set to control one or more apps, you have to make sure those get put back uninstalling, &/or if sometime in the future Startup Mgr. breaks. Whether or not you'll benefit from adding Chameleon Startup Mgr. to your system depends on your personal preferences, & what you've got installed... If after installing software you don't mind checking for added auto-start apps yourself, there's no reason to monitor that sort of thing. And if everything starts up like it should, there's no need to use this Startup Mgr. to cause a delay -- it's thankfully rare, but sometimes the different software you have starting with Windows can conflict with each other, &/or they can cause problems if the startup order isn't carefully choreographed [Systems Internals has an article where this timing caused Microsoft & one developer big problems that were quite difficult to track down]]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:08:08 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102262 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102261 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:56:22 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102261 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102260 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:38 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/chameleon-startup-manager/#comment-102260