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The original poster asks how to prevent the Intel Driver & Support Assistant (IDSA) from starting automatically with Windows and whether it can be used in a portable mode from a USB drive. A respondent suggests disabling it via msconfig's Startup tab but notes that making it portable would require testing and possibly copying necessary components and dependencies, which is uncertain. Overall, the discussion addresses controlling the startup behavior of IDSA and exploring its portability, with practical advice and some uncertainty about its portable use.
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pstein

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As I found out the Intel Driver & Support Assistant starts automatically with windows.

How can disable this auto-start? There is no corresponding option

Moreover I would like to start the IDSA from USB flash drive in a portability mode.

Ii IDSA (som ehow) portable?

Peter
 

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Neemobeer
You can disable it by pressing [windows key + r] and type msconfig. Then go to the Startup tab and uncheck the box next to the Assistant tool.

Whether or not it's portable would require copying the tools content to a usb drive testing. It's unlikely it is without determining what it uses and whether or not you can simply copy it's dependencies to a USB drive as welll
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You can disable it by pressing [windows key + r] and type msconfig. Then go to the Startup tab and uncheck the box next to the Assistant tool.

Whether or not it's portable would require copying the tools content to a usb drive testing. It's unlikely it is without determining what it uses and whether or not you can simply copy it's dependencies to a USB drive as welll
 

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