Recent content by JoFoS

ok... Tried that (hidden admin account), went to msconfig, same results. Even tried "uncheck all" and hit apply and they just revert back to being checked. Also, tried to delete cookies in Safari and was unable to. Selected, hit remove, no effect. ??? (and thanks for the new suggestion, I...

yes. Failed to mention it but I had already tried Autoruns... The issue here is more about my lack of administrative control of my OS, rather than the simple inability to stop a program from starting (which has enabled me to identify the larger issue). My concern is that I am not able to...

No. If you read my post you would see that I said that the box becomes checked again when I hit "Apply." .

Trying to disable some of the bloatware that came with my HP G62, as well as disable unneeded auto-updates, and have been blocked from doing so. Ran msconfig, startup entries... Unchecked, hit "apply" and they just become checked again. ??? (Ran as administrator on admin account) Tried...