How to stop windows vista from blocking programs

Before we begin, you have to know which programs and services are being blocked. You can see a list of blocked programs and services by following these steps:. Click the Blocked startup programs icon that is in the notification area. Point to the Run blocked program menu list. The programs and services that have been blocked from starting are located here. To know which method you should try to solve your problem, decide which of the following actions you want to take:.

Run the blocked program or the blocked service. Disable the blocked program or the blocked service. Remove the blocked program or blocked service from the startup process. After Windows Vista starts, you can run any blocked programs or blocked services by following these steps:.

Point to Run blocked program , and then click the program or the service in the list that you want to start. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.

Click Show or remove blocked startup programs. This starts Software Explorer in Windows Defender. Locate, and then click to select the startup program or the startup service that is in Software Explorer.

Click Disable , and then click Yes in the confirmation dialog box. To remove a program or a service from the startup process completely, try to use the Programs and Features item in Control Panel. To do this, follow these steps:. How do I get RivaTuner to load automatically and not get blocked by Vista? Czaralekzander , Dec 17, Doodles , Dec 17, How do I shut that off? Umm any dis-advantage or danger from removing user account control?

You will not see when applications will potentially meddle with important system settings or files. Ingvarr , Dec 17, You should be able to set Rivatuner to run at startup with admin privilages through the Task scheduler. Just type task scheduler in the search box hit enter and follow the prompts to create a new task. Make sure to enable 'run with admin prviliages' checkbox during the process. KernalPanic , Dec 17, Click OK to close out the dialog box. If you are getting this error when trying to normally install the program you might try changing the default path to which the program installs and see if that helps resolve the issue.

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