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beave
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 3:58 am    Post subject: Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player Reply with quote
I wish i was better at this kind of stuff.

I have a new (new to me) Dell Dimension 2400 desktop, running Win XP
home. Every time i turn on the pc, Dell Media Experience fires up
first thing. Every time i put a dvd into the drive, 'DME' launches.
I don't particularly want to delete the program, but i don't want it
for a default. How can i disarm/ disengage it from automatically
starting up?
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Colin Wilson
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:48 am    Post subject: Re: Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player Reply with quote
Quote:
I wish i was better at this kind of stuff.

Don't we all, but we all start round about where you are now :-}

Quote:
I have a new (new to me) Dell Dimension 2400 desktop, running Win XP
home. Every time i turn on the pc, Dell Media Experience fires up
first thing. Every time i put a dvd into the drive, 'DME' launches.
I don't particularly want to delete the program, but i don't want it
for a default. How can i disarm/ disengage it from automatically
starting up?

Try going to start/run and type "services.msc" without the quote marks
(it's a bit like msconfig, but a bit safer in that it doesn't let you
bugger your machine by switching off something it needs - allegedly!)

Scroll down the list, and see if you can spot it - you should be able
to right click over the entry (if there is one) and click properties -
change it from automatic to manual.

This site will give you a list of some common services, and whether
they're actually necessary:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
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S.Lewis
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:55 am    Post subject: Re: Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player Reply with quote
"beave" <poner3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
On May 23, 4:48 pm, Colin Wilson
REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote:

Try going to start/run and type "services.msc" without the quote marks
(it's a bit like msconfig, but a bit safer in that it doesn't let you
bugger your machine by switching off something it needs - allegedly!)

Scroll down the list, and see if you can spot it - you should be able
to right click over the entry (if there is one) and click properties -
change it from automatic to manual.

This site will give you a list of some common services, and whether
they're actually necessary:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm


Thanks.

So......i went to this folder, and i see how can change these services
from 'automatic' to 'manual', but i can't find Dell Media Experience
here, not by any recognizeable name anyway.



start/run/msconfig

You'll find it there.

Before you eventually decide to uninstall it. :-)
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Kevin
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:55 am    Post subject: Re: Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player Reply with quote
"beave" <poner3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1179961080.562146.257020@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
Quote:
I wish i was better at this kind of stuff.

I have a new (new to me) Dell Dimension 2400 desktop, running Win XP
home. Every time i turn on the pc, Dell Media Experience fires up
first thing. Every time i put a dvd into the drive, 'DME' launches.
I don't particularly want to delete the program, but i don't want it
for a default. How can i disarm/ disengage it from automatically
starting up?

Just uninstall it. For those users that don't do a full format and a clean
installation of Windows, this is the best recourse.
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beave
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:55 am    Post subject: Re: Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player Reply with quote
On May 23, 4:48 pm, Colin Wilson
<REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote:

Quote:
Try going to start/run and type "services.msc" without the quote marks
(it's a bit like msconfig, but a bit safer in that it doesn't let you
bugger your machine by switching off something it needs - allegedly!)

Scroll down the list, and see if you can spot it - you should be able
to right click over the entry (if there is one) and click properties -
change it from automatic to manual.

This site will give you a list of some common services, and whether
they're actually necessary:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm


Thanks.

So......i went to this folder, and i see how can change these services
from 'automatic' to 'manual', but i can't find Dell Media Experience
here, not by any recognizeable name anyway.
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