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Re: Real problem
de John Jay Smith 05/27/2006 02:15
you could choose not to install talkback in ff
"Vrodok the Piglet lover" <Pay.Troll@70.cents.pls> wrote in message
news:i25f72h3rn11jtgqo3572nbm7c7nen4lce@4ax.com...
> Once Upon A Time (on Fri, 26 May 2006 19:43:27 -0400), in
> alt.comp.freeware,
> Susan Bugher <sebugher@yahoo.com>, by way of Message-id
> <4dpho5F1b4u21U1@individual.net>, wrote:
>
>>Brian Robertson wrote:
>>
>>> "ncSkeet" <ncskeet@operamail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:n9Ldg.8625$Qg.8121@tornado.southeast.rr.com...
>>>
>>>>I once read a tip in this newsgroup about how to prevent RealPlayer from
>>>>re-installing itself in a start-up folder whenever RealPlayer is ran.
>>>>This
>>>>allows it to start automatically every time Windows is re-started, and I
>>>>definitely don't want that to happen. According to the tip, I typed the
>>>>word "old" after one of the RealPlayer files, but can't remember which
>>>>file
>>>>it was. Anyone know?
>>>
>>>
>>> Another way of doing it would be to download and install Winpatrol
>>> http://www.winpatrol.com/ . With this program you can either remove or
>>> disable a program from starting-up with Windows. By disabling programs
>>> like
>>> RealPlayer or QuickTime you can prevent them from starting-up with
>>> Windows,
>>> and also prevent them from putting themselves back into the start-up
>>> folder.
>>> This is also an excellent way of testing the necessity of a start-up
>>> program
>>> before deleting it from the start-up folder.
>>
>>another method. . .
>>
>>Program: Dud
>>Author: Undefined
>>Ware: Freeware
>>http://www3.telus.net/_/
>>http://www3.telus.net/_/dud/
>>http://www3.telus.net/_/dud/dud.zip
>>
>><q>
>>Dud is a program that does absolutely nothing. Run it and it will
>>immediately unload. It can be used as a replacement for annoying system
>>files, such as helpctr.exe or stobject.dll. Simply replace the file with
>>dud.exe, and you'll never see the offending app again.
>>
>>The zipped package is 1kb. Dud.exe itself is merely 3kb, using 60kb of
>>memory.
>></q>
>
> It's used here every time I install a new release of Firefox (backup
> 'talkback.exe', delete original, then rename 'dud.exe'). Only way to go
> : )
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