[videosean]

I've been using a western digital passport portable drive for almost a month now and love it. USB 2.0, no external power supply, and fits in the front pocket of my jeans - and I've been carrying it in my front pocket nearly every day since I got it 3 weeks ago without any problems. You can find them in 80, 120 and 160GB sizes. It has a 2.5" PATA notebook drive inside the enclosure. It's the first external hard drive I've had small enough to really be portable - not counting smaller capacity flash drives.
WesternDigital's site
It comes formatted as FAT32 and also has some things on it that will autorun when you plug it in to a machine that doesn't have autorun disabled. I took everything that came pre-installed on the drive and put it into a new folder on the drive. That way if I ever need them I have them, but really all I want to do is copy files from my computer to the drive so I can take them to someone else's computer... I don't need to have some fancy, secure, encrypted data backup app getting in between me and my files.

http://www.pro-clockers.com/review.php?id=201&page=2 - I also came across this yesterday. It's a front panel bay add-on that has a card reader, USB ports AND a removeable 2.5" hard drive enclosure/case. Very good idea IMO and that drive enclosue looks like it's not much bigger than the WDpassport but of course you'd have to buy a 2.5" drive to put into it which is going to add another $100 or so to the cost of things. The WDPassport is what I'd recommend if you aren't comfortable with taking apart your computer case and tools and wires

[Gary Richardson]

Hi Dawn,

Below is a list of items that can be disabled from Auto running on startup. Read through them, and decide which you don't need (your own needs will decide which to choose.

Easiest (and best) way to disable them is just to run a HJT scan, then afterwards check the appropriate items, then click Fix Checked. This will remove the appropriate registry entries which enable the program to run at bootup/logon. This does not remove the programmes, which can still be run if required by clicking on the appropriate executable.

The Advantage of doing it with HJT is that it creates backups, so that if you find you want to replace a removed entry you can do so easily.

In the text boxes below, Status U = User Decide N = Not Needed

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ehTray] C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe

Name: [ehTray]
Status: U
File: ehtray.exe

Windows XP Media_Center_Edition http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...nformation.asp 2005. Enables the user to access Windows Messenger from within Media Center
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-1092.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

Name: [NvCplDaemon]
Status: U
File: rundll32.exe NvCpl.dll

Intializes the clock and memory settings on nVidia based graphics cards. Enable if you overclock your card
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-6335.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install

Name: [nwiz]
Status: N
File: nwiz.exe

Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers.nbsp; Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations.nbsp; However this isn't necessary for the operation of your system
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-2564.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMEKRMIG6.1] C:\WINDOWS\ime\imkr6_1\IMEKRMIG.EXE

Name: [IMEKRMIG6.1]
Status: N
File: IMEKRMIG.EXE

Part of MS http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...me/default.asp Input Method Editor which is used to ease the input of Asian characters in MS Office (Chinese Japanese and this one is Korean)
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-1582.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSPY2002] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\PINTLGNT\ImScInst.exe /SYNC

Name: [MSPY2002]
Status: N
File: ImScInst.exe

Part of Microsoft's Input Message Editor (IME) for translating Japanese/Chinese text in IE Outlook and Word
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-2301.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC

Name: [Phime2002a or PHIME2002ASync]
Status: N
File: TINTSETP.EXE

Part of Microsoft 's Input Message Editor (IME) for translating Japanese/Chinese text in IE Outlook and Word
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-2708.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName

Name: [Phime2002a or PHIME2002ASync]
Status: N
File: TINTSETP.EXE

Part of Microsoft 's Input Message Editor (IME) for translating Japanese/Chinese text in IE Outlook and Word
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-2708.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE

Name: [RTHDCPL]
Status: U
File: RTHDCPL.EXE

Realtek HD Audio Sound Effect Manager
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-11944.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

Name: [NvMediaCenter]
Status: N
File: RunDLL32.exe NvMCTray.dll NvTaskbarInit

System Tray icon used to manage settings for nVidia based graphics cards. May be required for some 3D applications to recognize your card correctly - such as the game Everquest. Otherwise settings can be changed manually via Display Properties
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-2559.html

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe

Name: [SunJavaUpdateSched]
Status: N
File: jusched.exe

Checks with Sun's Java updates site to see if newer Java versions are available. Visit http://java.sun.com http://java.sun.com or just run the Java Plug-In Control Panel
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-3552.html

Whilst on the subject of Java, your version is well out of date, which just goes to show how useless this entry is. I'll post directions for updating your Java later.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

Name: [QuickTime Task]
Status: N
File: Qttask.exe

System Tray access to Apple's Quick Time viewer from version 5 onwards
http://www.castlecops.com/startuplist-2935.html

OK, lastly as regards to updating Java current version is JRE 6.

Older versions have vulnerabilities that malware can and are using to infect systems.

Please follow these steps to remove older version Java components.

• Close any programmes you may have running, ESPECIALLY your web browser
• Click Start > Control Panel.
• Click Add/Remove Programs.
• Check any item with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in the name.
• Click the Remove or Change/Remove button.
• Repeat as many times as necessary to remove all versions of Java.
• Reboot your computer once all Java components are removed.

Download the latest version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6, and install it to your computer.

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[1STLITE]

Thanks so very much, Gary!!

[Gary Richardson]

You're welcome, glad to help.