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There really is no need for discussion, just looking for a solution. Not
interested in an uninstall, I'll try the security policies.


"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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> BBran wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> So it really isn't your property and the real owner installed AV
> software with a schedule that you don't happen to like on THEIR
> computer. Ask your parents or your employer for the password to change
> the schedule.
>
> You could uninstall the AV software (and install your own) but then if
> it is not your computer then you are probably not an admin-level user to
> do uninstalls and installs.
>
> You can use security policies to define software restrictions to prevent
> a particular executable from running but then you would have to be an
> admin-level user to define that policy, and if you were an admin-level
> user then you could just uninstall the problematic software in the first
> place.