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Maximus21
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_ 		9. April 2012 @ 13:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey, im running windows xp sp3 and i went to trim the fat in my msconfig startup. I noticed this:

Startup Item: ]
Command: ]
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What the Hell is This and Whats it For?
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Jeffrey_P
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_ 		9. April 2012 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Maximus21:
 hey, im running windows xp sp3 and i went to trim the fat in my msconfig startup. I noticed this:

Startup Item: ]
Command: ]
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What the Hell is This and Whats it For?
It took all but 10 seconds to Google this up.

Jeebus...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314866

Jeff
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Maximus21
Junior Member
_ 		9. April 2012 @ 21:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
Originally posted by Maximus21:
 hey, im running windows xp sp3 and i went to trim the fat in my msconfig startup. I noticed this:

Startup Item: ]
Command: ]
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What the Hell is This and Whats it For?
It took all but 10 seconds to Google this up.

Jeebus...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314866

Jeff
Yes I thank you for this website which i also found a long time ago

my question is what is the startup item and command for most have a value such as: startup item: avgtray.
command: C:\program files\AVG............

what is "]"? what is is running? should it or does it need to run?
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ddp
Moderator
_ 		9. April 2012 @ 22:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
uncheck the box as i do that when i see that line but dosen't show what is running.
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Maximus21
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_ 		10. April 2012 @ 07:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 uncheck the box as i do that when i see that line but dosen't show what is running.
okay, I did that. I just wanted to know if anyone knew what this was and what it was running.

Thank You
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BE32
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_ 		11. May 2012 @ 21:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 uncheck the box as i do that when i see that line but dosen't show what is running.
This is the best known registry key in the world. ;)
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Just do it.
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