Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player

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?

> I wish i was better at this kind of stuff.

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

> 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

On May 23, 4:48 pm, Colin Wilson
<REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.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.

"beave" <poner3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1179971349.193824.125030@q69g2000hsb.googlegr oups.com...
> On May 23, 4:48 pm, Colin Wilson
> <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.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. :-)

"beave" <poner3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>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.