Posts by redfo1

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : How to stop Boinc from auto starting on system boot? (Message 39572)
Posted 11 Aug 2011 by redfo1
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Interesting... Regrun doesn't seem to see anything in this key!

What is Regrun for then? The various "run" keys (Run, RunOnce..) are the first place to look for autostarting programs in the registry.

Yeah... They've really been going down since Windows 7 IMO... They've created a massive amount of additional useless side tools instead of focusing on the single feature of interest to me (monitoring ALL startup entries). It's sad it reached the point where they obviously fail on that feature :(

Give the SysInternals' AutoRuns a try.

Good one, thanks. Doesn't really do all I need (monitor what's being changed on startup), but should be more helpful than Regrun next time something's bothering me at startup ^^
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : How to stop Boinc from auto starting on system boot? (Message 39541)
Posted 9 Aug 2011 by redfo1
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Thanks, that seems to be what I missed. I actually didn't think about looking for an auto-start option within a "display and network" option panel.
I'd be really curious to know how BOINC adds itself to start up, as RegRun totally misses it (when I disabled it it didn't see it either).

It is in the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"boincmgr"="\"C:\\Program Files\\BOINC\\boincmgr.exe\" /a /s"

I agree about the misleading menu location.

Interesting... Regrun doesn't seem to see anything in this key! I actually have 2 entries there:
boincmgr="F:\INTERNET\BOINC\boincmgr.exe" /a /s
boinctray="F:\INTERNET\BOINC\boinctray.exe"
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : How to stop Boinc from auto starting on system boot? (Message 39515)
Posted 8 Aug 2011 by redfo1
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Thanks, that seems to be what I missed. I actually didn't think about looking for an auto-start option within a "display and network" option panel.
I'd be really curious to know how BOINC adds itself to start up, as RegRun totally misses it (when I disabled it it didn't see it either).
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : How to stop Boinc from auto starting on system boot? (Message 39512)
Posted 8 Aug 2011 by redfo1
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Well, basically very same problem as in there but the thread seems to be now closed: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=3159
I just started using BOINC again, and since the client kept begging me to upgrade, I did... now the sneaky b**** launches itself at boot time, without even loading the client (the computing cores run silently in the background, pretty much like a virus). HOW DO I GET RID OF THAT STARTUP PARASITE? I mean, without uninstalling the whole s*** (which I'll soon end up doing for good if I can't find another way).

I browsed through the services, no BOINC there (unless it uses a fake name?).
I looked into the Startup folder of the start menu, no BOINC there.
I basically looked everywhere using RegRun, no BOINC there. Actually, Regrun didn't even notice that BOINC added itself to system startup - kudos, that's better than ALL viruses I ever met so far! But that seriously pisses me off.

And of course I didn't find an option in the BOINC client to disable that rogue behavior.
Long story short, I'm infected by a virus which raises my electricity bill, keeps my CPU warm and makes my boot time longer. How do I fix it?



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