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Speaking of helping relatives with electronics, my dad had my go over to my grandparents house the other day to hook up a DVD/VCR combo player.
He spent a couple of hours trying to figure it out and couldn't get it to work!
He is obviosuly not the techno geek in the family.
-David
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David, don't break the news to him just yet. It could be devastating?
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I've had pretty good luck with Startup Inspector for Windows. Given the ominous quality of Chris's e-mail ie "inoperable" would I be better off with the Inspector - and if so is it fairly intuitive?
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Well, I personally prefer not to manually edit the registry. I think startup inspector is very intuitive. It has never misbehaved when I have used it. YMMV.
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Well, I personally prefer not to manually edit the registry. I think startup inspector is very intuitive. It has never misbehaved when I have used it. YMMV. Is Startup Instructor a freeware download or something you have to purchase?
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Given the ominous quality of Chris's e-mail ie "inoperable" would I be better off with the Inspector - and if so is it fairly intuitive? C'mon, hack the registry. Whats the worst that could happen? 
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I actually took a training class about the windows registry -- probably in 2000 -- and haven't feared it since. It's not so bad. Like any major city, though, there are parts you want to steer clear of... 
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I agree. Changing keys related to applications will only break an application. I mostly stay away from O/S stuff.
Fred
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Thanks, Tom. I will be using it mostly on my Father-in-Law's computer.
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