Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
From: "David B."
Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Block a program

Just out of curiosity, who has the password?

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"BBran" wrote in message
news:%23FsYudlmIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I just want to stop a program from automatically starting. It is a
>scheduled task in an Antivirus program scheduled within that program. I
>cannot change the settings to stop the task because it is password
>protected and I can't get the password. So I want to stop it from running
>unless I manually start it. So, I don't want to either rename the
>extension or delete the file.
>
>
> "Dennis Dow" wrote in message
> news:ezOAgtkmIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Renaming the suffix would probably be the best. Deleting it also works
>> but is a little more drastic. Without knowing more of your
>> requirements, we're limited in terms of quality recommendations.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> BBran wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am using XPSP2.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to block a program from starting?
>>>
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