Hi Mark,
Per your suggestion, I went to software explorer and disabled the windows
media center tray applet (ehtray.exe). For good measure I also went to
services and disable four services with media center in the description.
And I confirmed that load at startup was unchecked in media center's
settings/general.
Then I rebooted and media center still booted up!
So, I went back to software explorer. I see that another copy of media
center applet (ehtray.exe) had been somehow created shows as permitted.
I'm guessing that somewhere there is a register or other setting that forces
media center to be loaded. In addition, it is clear that the setting
control in settings/general is not working.
It's a bit of a mystery! Any next step suggestions?
surfer100
"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
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> There are several ways to start an app on windows startup. I suggest
> looking at your Defender settings in the "Software Explorer" area, to
> check that. You need to rightclick Windows Defender in All Programs and
> click 'run as administrator' to gain access the the top level Software
> Explorer (see Tools menu)features.
>
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> "surfer100" <> wrote in message
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>> I'm using Vista Home Premium on a Gateway laptop with all updates
>> including
>> Media Center's most recent ones. I would like to stop Windows Media
>> Center
>> from loading, since I don't use it at all. I've gone into Media Center's
>> tasks/settings/general/startup and I unchecked the box which reads "start
>> windows media center when windows starts." But Media Center keeps on a
>> loading! Any hints about how I can get it to stop loading? Thanks!
>>
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