launcher exe & vista

[ciddylee]

i am trying to stop a startup program from spybot tools. it shows that it is a malware, system hog type program from paul collins list, but when i try to uncheck it to get it out of my startup programs, i get an "administrative access needed" message. Actually this message shows on all programs thru spybot programming so i'm assuming it's a vista problem. the launcher also does not show in my msconfig so i cannot take it out there. can someone help me?

i'm running on windows vista home premium.

[md usa spybot fan]

ciddylee:

Before someone answers how to authorize the disabling of startup entries in Vista, perhaps you should indicate what startup program you are attempting to disable because "... it is a malware, system hog type program from Paul Collins list ...".

In many cases, Paul Collins' startup list contains multiple possibilities for a particular startup entry. On numerous occasions people have misinterpreted those possibilities and deleted startup entries that are not malicious or system hogs at all.

[ciddylee]

launcher.exe is the program as stated in the subject. Thanks

[md usa spybot fan]

ciddylee:

The name of the startup entry would have been helpful.

Try running Spybot with elevated administrator rights. See:
How can I get Administrator rights under Windows Vista?
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=faq&detail=42