It seems like there are a lot more things starting up with windows now. Is there a list of program names or something i can look at? Also sgstray.exe keeps on messing up, and i don't even know what it does.
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Go to: http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/explorer/\n\nEnter then name of the process you wish to research in the free Process Library Search box and hit the Search Now! button.
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Actually I don't understand these terms. Could you please tell what is really happening in your computer? (like, a program's not opening, windows can't let you in, etc.)\n\nBut usually the source of problem in a computer is a virus. So go get a cleaner.
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It sounds like a trojan, one that causes an error in Windows loading. If you don't have an antivirus program, get one of the good free ones like Avast or AVG.\n\nThen get SpyBot and Ad-Aware from Download.com. Install all three and run all three. You can use these links to find them quickly. \n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/1/\n\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html\n\nhttp://www.download.com/
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That's a folder on your computer... is it poping up in an explorer window?  Or are you getting some sort of error like "cannot find C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Common&#92;..." \n\nif you are getting something like that, download the Autoruns tool from sysinternals.  Run it (it will take a while to scan your system for the things that start up when you turn the computer on).  Make sure you write down exactly what the error message is before you try using this program.  Once Autoruns has done it's thing (it will at the bottom of the screen say (without prompting) that it is finished it's scan) click the win logon tab and scroll down and see if you see the exact file that isn't running eg c:&#92;program files&#92;common&#92;program&#92;thing.exe and uncheck it.  \n\nBe very, very careful about this.  If you uncheck anything else, your computer may not start up properly (especially if the item in question has the word microsoft in the publisher name).  If this is too much for you to do, then call somebody who knows what they are doing.  It is sometimes better to pay for service rather than rely on yourself, since they can be held liable for any problems rather than you.
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I know this is not comforting but the same exact thing happened to me ! My Adware (Lavasoft) program window popped up and said something about a program changing my registry.\nI did not feel competent enough to reload Windows so I took it  to a pro to look at....hoping he could salvage it without reloading Windows...no such luck...he called and said that it was necessary to reload Windows.\nAnother reason I didn't want to re-load Windows myself was my computer is several years old so the disk that came with it would be outdated.\nI also found numerous articles in the Microsoft database about the ".lnk" files but nothing that exactly matched mine...or appantly yours.\n\ngood luck
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Start by clicking the Start button, select "run". Than Type "msconfig" (without "). Than click on the last tab tittled "startup". then just check or uncheck startup files. Beware though, some are vital processes for windows to run so dont uncheck something you dont know otherwise windows might crash and cause further problems. :D hope it helped
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Find out what programs are running in the background and kill them. There are some you want to keep. Most of the Windows processes you want to keep, and your anti-virus program (you do have one, right?). Some other programs you have installed may start a process when you boot up. \n\nCheck what is in your Startup folder (Start|Programs|Startup). If you are comfortable with editting the registry, there are a couple of places in there you can check. Look at HKLM &#92; Software &#92; Microsoft &#92; Windows &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Run and HKCU &#92; Software &#92; Microsoft &#92; Windows &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Run (remove spaces before and after the &#92; ). These have a list of files that start up when you boot your computer and login. Just be careful you don't remove something you actually need.
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Start-> Run -> type "msconfig" -> "Startup" tab -> UN ckeck the unwanted programs.. I think the most important are the applications of the antivirus and firewall programs you use...\nYes the startup programs consume RAM..
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Make sure you have the latest service pack for windows, go here to check:\n\nhttp://update.microsoft.com\n\nAlso; are you using enough memory?  If you click control + alt + delete,  check out your total memory and what you have available.  If you're running short, it may be time to upgrade.
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check in your start up ..\nGo to START > RUN > type in " msconfig >\nthen go to START UP it should be there to uncheck\n\nIf it still runs it is probably needs to be deleted in your registry \nThat's START > RUN > Type in "regedit > click on \nHKEY_current_USER >Software> Microsoft> Windows> Current Version>Run ...what you need to delete should be here or in\n\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\n>Software> Microsoft> Windows> Current Version> Run or run once
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go to your start menu.  But before that, have your virus/spyware check it out because a lot of those programs contain junk you don't want on your computer.
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check and see what's in your startup folder and remove things that don't need to be running all the time.  Then run msconfig and see what programs are started when the computer boots.  you should be able to remove some of them. Note:  some spyware programs take a long time to load.
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Look in your start menu.  Start...Programs....Startup\n\nIt's probably there.  If not, and you are comfortable going in the computer registry, you'll find the command to run that item here:\n\nHKLM&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;Current Version&#92;Run\n\nGood Luck!
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You are supposed to have a bunch of things running under processes. The vast majority of those things are windows processes. If you think there are programs running that shouldn't be, get a spyware/malware remover such as SpyBot, or AdAware. Another good thing to do is go into Add/Remove programs, and "Remove" anything that you don't use. Just make sure you find out what it is before you remove it. It's not unusual to have that many processes running...in fact, right now I have over 50.
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PC Magazine came out in June with the top 10 worst programs ever this included everything including spamming,ad ware,spy ware,and basically just messing your computer up. Well guess what was number 1 AOL. My friend here in Des Moines had the same problem he downloaded something from the web that had AOL attached to it. When he shut the computer off for that night and turned it back on in the morning he got the install AOL window. His was so bad that when he clicked on cancel, it would shut his computer off. Msconfig is for trouble shooting your start up if you are having problems. It allows you to shut of each start up device until you find out which one is the problem.  On the general window put the dot on normal startup,all the boxes under selective startup should be checked,diagnostic and the selective startup should not be checked also use modified boot.ini should not be checked.next in the system.ini click on the button on the bottom that says enable all. In the win.ini box click on the button that says enable all. In the box that says boot.ini nothing should checked set the time out  at 2 sec. this is the amount of time you see the startup window during the boot the lower the seconds are set the faster the computer will boot up after all who wants to look at the MS window for a half of minute. In the service window click on enable all of them. In the startup window click on enable all of them. Note that after doing each one of the 5 windows you have to click on APPLY or it will not take any of them. Also on the general window dont try launch system restore half the time it messes the computer up and if you dont know how to use it it can be a major pain in the +ss the last time I used it it messed up my computer so bad I had to reinstall my Operating System (I'm a IT Tech if you havent figured that out yet) After you get done doing all of this restart the computer so it will reset to the new settings.  AOL will take off any browser and install its own. Try going into the control panel, add and remove programs and see if it actually installed itself. If it did try to uninstall it. If it wont uninstall start your computer in the safe-mode by pressing the F8 button at start up. Do the same thing as above and see if it will uninstall then. If you didnt find it in add and remove programs, it might be doing off of a cookie. Open the control panel and click on internet options. Open that up and click on view files, see if there is any files that say anything with AOL in it. If there is delete all your cookies which is a good idea to do everyday anyhow. Restart the computer and see if it is still doing its crap. If it is then the file attached itself to your registry. To get it out of your registry (note I suggest that unless you know what you are doing dont go into the registry because you can mess it up if you delete the wrong thing) if you do decide to try it click on start and open the run command and type in regedit. This will get you into the registry. Click on the edit button at the top then click on find and type in AOL this will search your registry for anything and everything that says AOL when it shows a AOL file right click on it and delete it. Keep doing this until it finally says that it cant find the file anymore. This is a pain in the +ss but it is the only way to get AOL completey off your computer and to put it blunty most people cant get AOL off of their computers fast enough. What really sucks is that MS puts it on the install disc and there are rumors in the IT Tech community that if you use it or not every once in a while it sends info to AOL without you even knowing it. The reason I believe it does, is because before I went into the registry and deleted all of it which took me about an hour (I have never used it) I have Zone Labs Fire Wall which one night asked me if AOL could have permission to connect to the web. Needless to say I was like WHAT I DONT USE AOL so I clicked no and clicked on the lock bu
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I would reduce the number of useless programs that run at startup.  Go to START and click on RUN, then type MSCONFIG.   Go to the Startup section and UNCHECK some of the programs that you don't need. \n\nAlso, you might have SpyWare. You should have an anti-spyware solution on your computer. I recommend that you go to http://www.download.com and get AD-AWARE and SpyBot Search & Destory. Install, run, update and scan your computer with both programs.\n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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What program is Windows Installer trying to install?\n\nLike, before this happened, was there any program you were trying to install?