cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) wrote:
On 6 Mar 2005 11:09:01 -0800, "randau"
cquirke wrote:
I have a hunch you might find it's NAV itself (or its
LiveUpdate component) that is the problem here.
You can also do these tests, and report back:
- Safe Mode Cmd Only
- Safe Mode
- Normal Mode with all startup items suppressed in MSConfig
I disabled everything in the MSconfig.exe Startup tab with
still no effect on the extraneous dialups.
If it's Norton (as I half-suspect it is) then you may need to disable
non-Microsoft services as well (Services tab in XP; may have to get
medieval with Regedit in Win9x).
If it's a shell integration, then Shell Extension Viewer is the better
(more on-target, safely undoable) approach.
I don't understand the difference between the two Safe Mode
items above (I've not run Safe Mode before).
Safe Mode suppresses some drivers and startup items while running
Windows as usual, with Explorer as the shell. So anything that is
integrated into Explorer (shell extensions) or IE (BHOs) is active.
Safe Mode is not 100% safe for malware, but it's safer in Win9x than
it is in XP, as XP offers more ways to autorun in Safe Mode.
Safe Mode Command Prompt Only is a different animal. In Win95/98, it
runs DOS mode instead of Windows. In WinME, it's not an option. In
XP, it runs XP but with CMD.EXE (the command interpreter) as the shell
instead on Explorer.exe - and this was the scenario I had in mind,
because this way, anything integrated into Explorer doesn't run.
But if you are on WinME, as I belatedly notice is likely, given the
newgroup we are in, then there's no Comamnd Prompt Only option.
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Try Googling for "Process Explorer" . Use this to view
and disable differing processes. Don't kill explorer.
Also open up the Norton/Liveupdate Control panel. Adjust
settings as necessary to allow you to control the dialup
connection (not them).
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