https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/ en Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101437 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:49:06 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101437 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101436 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:59:03 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101436 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101435 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:48:36 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101435 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101434 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:54:13 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101434 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101433 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:35:33 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101433 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101432 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:04 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101432 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101431 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:53:21 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101431 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101430 "I cannot get this program to show I am registered have tried several reinstalls following #16 i.e not running until after i run activation – only result is unregistered/trial." #43: "Still it give error not registred after running the activation..." #44: "Installed on windows XP pro x64 Insists it’s not registered!" Running Activate.exe adds a key & a couple of values to the registry under HKLM. In order to work Windows has to allow Activate.exe to add those entries, which means you need admin privileges, i.e. run as admin., if needed turn off A/V software etc. 64 bit Windows adds another section to the registry that's not there with 32 bit... the developer's site doesn't say anything about 64 bit that I saw, so maybe it's not 64 bit Windows compatible?]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:01:15 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101430 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101429 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:57:04 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101429 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101427 note that no .NET app can ever really be called portable, because of the need for .NET being installed. I suspect many in Vista & 7 will need to run the Activate.exe app as admin. to ensure keys/values get written as they should in the registry. The running app shows as an icon over next to the clock to the right of the TaskBar -- right clicking it gives you 4 options: open the main window, start/stop monitoring, & Exit. The main window opens to show you what's included in the Registry Run keys, & in the Start Menu Startup folder -- clear the checkbox next to any you don't want. The Processes/Services tab lets you start/stop items in those 2 lists. Closing the Window exits the app, so if you want to go back to the tray, minimize it. Alternatives: in a word, Autoruns from Systems Internals at Microsoft.com, unless you just want to DIY using Windows' built-in tools. [Auto-starting & running an app, precisely to limit auto-starting & running apps, strikes me as ironic. ;-) ] ***However,*** for Services simply use the tool that Windows provides... If you want to optimize Windows or just need info there are several sites that list most every Windows Service, recommendations for setting that service, & what happens if you set a particular service to one of the 3 or 4 available choices. Many services can just be set to Manual, & Windows will start them when/if needed, rather than automatically starting & consuming resources, or in rare cases screwing with software processes [on a single core system, 3 or 4 Windows' Services can interfere with video encoding for example]. Vista introduced a delayed auto-start for when conflicts happen. Some services should be disabled when unused to increase security, & others like BlueTooth can be turned off if you never use them. There may be (rare) cases where you want to manually control a service yourself -- the service for my tablet driver is incompatible with 7's Pen Services, so I turn it on via a start menu shortcut when I want to use it for graphics, leave it off for Windows stuff -- I also have Cyberlink/ATI TV software installed, but rarely use it, so I manually turn on the rather intrusive services it requires through a shortcut as well. Summary: Apps starting with Windows is far, FAR from the problem it used to be, & it's not a big deal to keep track of [& optionally remove] most any of them manually -- I just checked the startup folder & the 2 run keys in the registry, & it took less than 20 seconds -- but if you feel Startup Defender might make it easier for you, I can't see any reason not to go for it... its display is certainly less confusing than the more capable Autoruns. To me the Services listing is more or less useless, since you can't set a service to manual or disabled & cure a problem -- only start/stop them -- & needing to just start/stop a service is somewhat rare.]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:42:16 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/startup-defender-1-9-5/#comment-101427