WAITEY Posted November 17, 2008 at 04:59 PM Report Posted November 17, 2008 at 04:59 PM My Chinese wife has installed QQ chat software on our Laptop, and every time I turn it on QQ pops up. I cannot read Chinese and she is not very tech, and so far we have been unable to disable the program from starting when windows boots. Without resorting to blocking it from starting with other apps, is there a setting within QQ that anyone knows of? Thanks Quote
imron Posted November 17, 2008 at 05:39 PM Report Posted November 17, 2008 at 05:39 PM What version of QQ are you running? Whatever the version, there will be some option to turn it off at startup. For example, here is the help page that describes how to do this for the TM2008 version (it's the option that has a bunch of Chinese surrounding the word 'windows'). Quote
vampire Posted November 17, 2008 at 06:17 PM Report Posted November 17, 2008 at 06:17 PM Delete the QQ shortcut in "Start --> all programs --> startup" Quote
BrandeX Posted November 18, 2008 at 04:05 AM Report Posted November 18, 2008 at 04:05 AM Clcik on start -> Run -> then type in MSCONFIG, in the window that comes up check the "Startup" tab, and it will show everything that is running when you boot windows. Uncheck whatever you dont want to run. Quote
trevelyan Posted November 18, 2008 at 06:47 AM Report Posted November 18, 2008 at 06:47 AM QQ was started by some ex-employees of Microsoft. They know how to get around the uninstall options. Evening disabling the software via msconfig does not work - it will reinstall itself on boot. The software is a plague. This is how it gained critical mass. I tanked one of my laptops trying to uninstall it. As much as I hate the software, I'd suggest you don't play with fire unless reinstalling Windows from scratch is an option. Quote
gougou Posted November 18, 2008 at 08:45 AM Report Posted November 18, 2008 at 08:45 AM Did they change that? I had it quite a while back and I'm pretty sure I disabled the autostart in a menu somewhere. Quote
WAITEY Posted November 18, 2008 at 10:03 AM Author Report Posted November 18, 2008 at 10:03 AM Thank you all for the info. In the end I removed the shortcut as suggested by vampire. Worked a treat. As for the other comments, I used to share a PC with the wife but the Chinese programs/settings caused so many issues to the PC performance and my programs, I got so frustrated I gave up and brought my own PC. Even her Chinese friends are always asking me to look at their laptops due to strange issues... Now due to space issues we are having 1 laptop again Am not looking forward to it! Quote
vampire Posted November 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM Report Posted November 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM Evening disabling the software via msconfig does not work - it will reinstall itself on boot. I've been using QQ for a very long time, never met that kind of problem Quote
jbradfor Posted November 18, 2008 at 06:51 PM Report Posted November 18, 2008 at 06:51 PM Now due to space issues we are having 1 laptop again Am not looking forward to it! You must have a really really small space to not have room for a second laptop.... Quote
flameproof Posted November 19, 2008 at 01:02 AM Report Posted November 19, 2008 at 01:02 AM >>Evening disabling the software via msconfig does not work - it will reinstall itself on boot. >I've been using QQ for a very long time, never met that kind of problem Me too. There is an option whether you want to have start when Windows start or not. My advice, is, remove the Chinese version (coz you can't read the finer points) and get the TM2008, which is in English. PS: shouldn't this be moved to "computing"? Quote
gougou Posted November 19, 2008 at 03:22 AM Report Posted November 19, 2008 at 03:22 AM PS: shouldn't this be moved to "computing"?OK Quote
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