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  1. Posts : 1,523
    windows 10 PRO
       #1

    strange items in startup


    Hello
    I have many instances of these items in my startup ( MSconfig)

    Steeg
    Tangentially
    Serenade
    Program ???
    what are they ? and are they harmful and how can i remove them ?

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 56,831
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #2

    reddwarf4ever said:
    Hello
    I have many instances of these items in my startup ( MSconfig)

    Steeg
    Tangentially
    Serenade
    Program ???
    what are they ? and are they harmful and how can i remove them ?

    Thanks
    Question....

    You say "In my startup"...(MSconfig)

    This?

    strange items in startup-2018-07-23_16h12_38.png

    Or this?

    strange items in startup-2018-07-23_16h12_57.png
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  3. Posts : 1,523
    windows 10 PRO
    Thread Starter
       #3

    The first one....

    thanks
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  4. Posts : 56,831
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #4

    reddwarf4ever said:
    The first one....

    thanks
    Well, to be honest, those are startup programs items you have installed, or came with your machine, or were installed as part of other packages you installed. Only you would recognize them as something you installed, or as something related to something you installed. To guess if they were safe to get rid of would be a stab in the dark. If you could be more specific, and maybe explain why you are questioning them, it would help.
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  5. Posts : 8,111
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       #5

    A quick solution is to install trial of WinPatrol WinPatrol open it in startup find these program click info and it will tell you what it is and were it is
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  6. Posts : 1,523
    windows 10 PRO
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Just looks odd that there are multiple instances of these, plus a few others....

    cant see how to remove them, can do an image backup first and see if anything stops working.......

    maybe these installed with one one of the recent video downloader programs I downloaded, I always use reevo and search for other entries ( leftovers )....

    i have run every one of the top adware programs and none M.D. none of these entries have been removed..

    its having multiple instances bugs me ?
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  7. Posts : 14,022
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       #7

    My msconfig shows only the first item shown in Boot, identifies the installed OS.
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  8. Posts : 8,111
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       #8

    The winpatrol makes it simple to remove them and more
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  9. Posts : 7,906
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
       #9

    I haven't used WinPatrol but can recommend Autoruns to control what third party startup items, tasks and services are run. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns

    Note Autoruns is free
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  10. Posts : 56,831
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #10

    Berton said:
    My msconfig shows only the first item shown in Boot, identifies the installed OS.
    Hi, Berton....

    If you're referring to my screenshot of MSCONFIG, those are all OS entries, except the Macrium Rescue Boot entry. I multi-boot several OS's.
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