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其它操作系统综合讨论区 » Question about the registry and startup programs

Floor1　nbh002	Posted 2002-12-12 00:00
中级用户　Posts 67　Credits 396
Sometimes after getting hit by a website, as soon as the machine boots it automatically opens that website. If you check msconfig--Startup, there is an item with that URL in it. You delete it, reboot, and it is there again!! It seems to have something to do with some kind of “startup program”! But what I want to ask is, after getting hit by a website, is it enough just to restore the registry, without worrying about whether there is some program? In other words, as long as the registry is restored, that program can only sit quietly on your hard drive and can no longer be “automatic,” right???

Floor2　yiyesong	Posted 2002-12-12 00:00
元老会员　Posts 632　Credits 1,987
Not necessarily. Not every program writes things into the registry. For example, DOS programs do not write anything to the registry at all. So the registry places no restriction on them. For example, if I write a batch file with the following command: FORMAT D：/AUTOTEST. And put it into your startup, then as soon as you start the computer your D drive will be done for. Restoring the registry would be useless. If you want to learn the detailed information about startup programs, please see my repost: http://www2.zzu.edu.cn/ie/newdos/dispbbs.asp?boardID=10&replyID=2617&ID=600&skin=1

Floor3　MYS	Posted 2002-12-12 00:00
元老会员　Posts 1,637　Credits 5,170　From 广东佛山
Also, software in Start Menu -> “Programs” -> “Startup” will also start automatically.

Floor4　nbh002	Posted 2002-12-12 00:00
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What is the difference between “Programs” -> “Startup” and “msconfig"-"Startup”?

Floor5　小辉	Posted 2002-12-16 00:00
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Startup is a folder that contains shortcuts to some programs. Those programs will start at the same time the system starts. And those programs can all be seen in MSCONFIG. Actually, there are many different ways for WINDOWS to start programs automatically.