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internet explorer launches automatically at start up
i start up my computer and internet explorer launches automatically without
any prompts from me. how do i disable ie explorer from doing this??? thanks!! |
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internet explorer launches automatically at start up
Go to www.grystmill.com and read the "Clean Boot" article. Set up a proper
Clean Boot, then use MSCONFIG (explained in the article) to determine if any of the items in the Startup list are causing the auto-launch of IE. The easiest way to do this is "by halves". If IE doesn't restart under a clean boot, then re-enable half of the Startup list. Restart and see if the behavior returns. If so, then try only enabling the other half -- to make sure there's not more than one item involved. Assuming only one half contains the problem item, then re-enable all but half of that group (the previously enabled half of the total.) Again, if the behavior returns, then you know that it's in the group you just re-enabled (one quarter of the total group.) Proceed to again re-enable all but half of the group that you now know contains the culprit, continuing until you have narrowed it down to just one item that when enabled causes the problem. Again, it might be more than one, but the halves method is much quicker for narrowing the field. Post back with the name of that item or items, then read the Security article at that same site. Unless you recently installed some program that is set to do this kind of thing, you almost certainly have a malware infection. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "jonny" wrote in message ... i start up my computer and internet explorer launches automatically without any prompts from me. how do i disable ie explorer from doing this??? thanks!! |
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