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Avast was preventing me from reading my Yahoo e-mails. I un-installed it but even then I had to disable self-protection and uninstall from Safe mode. I'm trying Windows Essentials - it has a small footprint and I like the icon! (It has forced to me use Windows Update though, which I previously...

Thanks again. There's nothing in that Startup folder. (I'm on Vista). I'll leave it. It's not a major problem, just a little annoying that MS seems to insist that it appears. Andy.

Hi. It is in the notification area. But I don't want to hide it but to disable it when I'm not using it. Andy.

Thanks for your response. It is in the notificaton area (on the right), but I don't want to hide it but to disable it until I need to use it. Andy.

I unchecked it from msconfig, services but the icon still appears in the notification area. I'll ignore it and assume it's not using resources. I also unchecked Application Experience. I've never subscribed to this service, so it shouldn't be running anyway! Do you ever get the impression that...

Hello. (Vista Home Premium) I can't close Windows Media Player from the notification area - it doesn't give me the option to. Nor does it appear in any Startup list. Can I prevent it from starting up without un-installing it? Thanks, Andy.

Hello. I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium with Avast anti-virus. I was getting DCOM exploit alerts, and now Trojan warnings from the new version of Avast. I'm surfing sites that I believe to be responsible. Might DEP be creating these warnings (I think it stands for Data Execution...