15 Sep
2004
15 Sep
'04
9:37 a.m.
This is not on the subject of older systems, but I have a problem that I
hope someone can direct me to a list that covers it.
I have four "programs" that are sitting in the Registry of my XP system
and could be causing some problems for me with popups. How do I get
into the registry to delete these files? Windows explorer does not
display any system files or directories and the "find": function cannot
find the files even though it is set to search hidden and system
directories but I know they are there because they were found by
SpyHunter and are labeled as dangerous.
15 Sep
15 Sep
9:45 a.m.
go to Start->Run... and type in regedit and execute it. You can search and
edit the registry then.
best regards, Steve Thatcher
At 10:37 AM 09/15/2004, you wrote:
This is not on the subject of older systems, but I have
a problem that I
hope someone can direct me to a list that covers it.
I have four "programs" that are sitting in the Registry of my XP system
and could be causing some problems for me with popups. How do I get into
the registry to delete these files? Windows explorer does not display any
system files or directories and the "find": function cannot find the files
even though it is set to search hidden and system directories but I know
they are there because they were found by SpyHunter and are labeled as
dangerous.
9:48 a.m.
I've found these guys:
http://www.easydesksoftware.com/
have great products for dealing with all kinds of Windows registry issues.
Lyle
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 07:37, Jim Isbell wrote:
This is not on the subject of older systems, but I
have a problem that I
hope someone can direct me to a list that covers it.
I have four "programs" that are sitting in the Registry of my XP system
and could be causing some problems for me with popups. How do I get
into the registry to delete these files? Windows explorer does not
display any system files or directories and the "find": function cannot
find the files even though it is set to search hidden and system
directories but I know they are there because they were found by
SpyHunter and are labeled as dangerous.
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
10:03 a.m.
IMHO - this topic should really be off-list. I have replied to jim, and I
believe others should do the same....again just my opinion..
9:57 a.m.
Rumor has it that Jim Isbell may have mentioned these words:
This is not on the subject of older systems, but I have
a problem that I
hope someone can direct me to a list that covers it.
I have four "programs" that are sitting in the Registry of my XP system
and could be causing some problems for me with popups. How do I get into
the registry to delete these files? Windows explorer does not display any
system files or directories and the "find": function cannot find the files
even though it is set to search hidden and system directories but I know
they are there because they were found by SpyHunter and are labeled as
dangerous.
Click "Start" then click "Run" and type in "msconfig" (sans
quotes) and OK.
This will give you an OOIE-GUI into everything about your PC -- click on
the "Startup" tab and it will show you everything in your startup folder
and in your registry -- start unclicking the boxes for anything that looks
remotely suspicious.
Want to get rid of popups forever? For free, even?!? Run Mozilla. It's got
a built-in popup blocker that (AFAICT) can not be gotten around - I've not
had a popup in 18 months.
Spyware and downloadware are similarly hampered through the use of this marvel.
(Oh, and try the latest Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com (version SE 1.04)
-- it's free, and it's da bomb.)
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Profile, don't speculate."
sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Daniel J. Bernstein
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