Registry Problems

[Roger Merchberger]

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

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