Winpatrol is a great program! I went ahead and opted for the paid version.
Harold | 01.21.08 - 2:05 pm | #

I have been using the free version for a few years & have loaded it on customer's computers. No complaints.

Bob
Bob Booker | Homepage | 01.21.08 - 2:39 pm | #

Thanks a lot, Dave, for your tips on renaming files. Always before I got a notice that changing it might make the file unrecognized, or something to that effect. I didn't realize that I needed to put the extension on. Thanks, again. Frank Darden
Frank Dartden | 01.21.08 - 3:24 pm | #

I have used the paid version of Winpatrol for years. One of the best apps ever!
Bill Jacobs | 01.21.08 - 4:52 pm | #

I installed startup.cpl and it showed only 5 or 6 programs whereas task manager shows 44!which I know are to many..what am I doing wrong??
CHET | 01.21.08 - 5:02 pm | #

Chet,

Several programs actually install parts as services. Nero's library indexer comes to mind. There are also several tabs to take a look at in startup.cpl.

The 44 also contains many parts of windows, such as Svchost.exe, run32dll.exe, and others.

If you are down to 5 I think you've doing pretty well.
Dave H | Homepage | 01.21.08 - 6:37 pm | #