Understand system application thoroughly monitor Windows run

Press the power button on the chassis and the sound of the computer starting up in the chassis. Before you switch to the Windows desktop you are familiar with, your computer will run dozens of program--What are the specific program, perhaps you are not very clear. Some programis not necessary to run, is simply to occupy resources, slow down systemSpeed. Some programEven a virus or a Trojan horse. program, if it had not been knowingly run by this programYours systemNot only can not play the proper performance, and will be plunged into a state of Half-Life.

Is there a better solution? New application of PC Magazine program-startup Cop Pro may be able to help you. It's going to monitor your systemWhat are currently running programThese programWhat is the use and where they are stored and so on, and finally determine what is required program, which is not needed program。 With startup Cop Pro, you can fully control the startup process of Windows and improve systemSpeed of operation.
　　
Figure 1 Startup Cop Pro Main window: You can see the details of each process from the main window, and you can control the following by setting "Enable" or "Disable" systemInitiated by program。

　　 latest progress, installation and start-up processes 　　

Startup Cop Pro is a second-generation product, and its functionality is more powerful than the first generation.

New face: Startup Cop Pro Makeover-not just in the way it works, but also in the user interface, which is more clear and intuitive than the previous generation, whether it's an icon or a menu structure.

　　 programDescription and evaluation: Now, users can know all programUse and creator of it. Startup Cop Pro is like a bridge that links users to a vast repository of information, and you'll know which ones are installed on your computer. program-What are their uses and how secure they are. Even better, as time goes on, the content of the information bank will be richer and the quality of the data is getting higher. Startup Cop Pro has a fanatical user community (they are now testers of the software, and the size of the community is expanding). PCMag.com is currently collecting relevant information to help users understand their computers systemis running on the program。

Beware of New launches program: You can control when Windows starts systemRun by program。 If there are unknown programAttempting to insert into your taskbar, Startup Cop Pro will warn you that you can find further information by other means and then decide to allow the programRun, or abort it.

Permanently quarantine the aborted running program: You may have encountered this situation-though you are very unhappy to see this situation-there are some applications programForce insert to start programsequences, such as RealPlayer and QuickTime. Don't worry, this will never happen again. Startup COP Pro will closely monitor what you're shielding program, and remove them from your boot menu completely.

Installation programIt doesn't take long, and after the installation, a message box pops up on the screen asking if you want to be on a regular basis with the central DatabaseExchange Update tasks and application software information. If you click the "Yes" button, the Startup Cop Pro Settings dialog will pop up on the screen, and you can choose "Automatically search and download the updated version" and "upload the downloaded information to Database, record exchange information, and more. You can also enter the number of days between regular updates of the version automatically. If you want to change the above options--and other settings--no problem, you can change them at any time, just click the Settings button at the top of the Startup Cop Pro window.

　　 user-public programs and setting alerts 　　

Startup Cop Pro Adds a large number of user-setting options that users can customize to suit their preferences programinterface and the way it works.

Click "Settings" on the toolbar and a list of options will pop up on the screen. Move the cursor to the general settings (Common Setup area), users can choose to add or remove the section on the main window that shows "details of the selected column" By checking the boxes in front of the "Do not show Details" or "Show Details" options (Figure 2).

Figure 2 Automatic Update: As long as the correct e-mail and password, you can use the PC Magazine tool DatabaseLog to view the Automatic update package, you can exchange valuable information through the startup Cop Pro community.

　　 Small tip:If you choose to hide the details first and then decide to display the details, you must click the information you want to know about program, even if it is currently active, then the details of it are displayed on the screen.

　　

Figure 3 Warning: if programAutomatically add yourself to programIn the startup sequence, startup Cop Pro will immediately notify you to make your decision.

If you click on the "Disabled Entries are Blocked" option, Startup Cop Pro will permanently block your choice of programTo prevent them from automatically activating. (On the main window of startup Cop Pro, blocked or aborted programThe label next to the title will be labeled Disabled (B). This setting is mainly used to prevent certain program-for example, QuickTime and realplayer-are forcibly inserted into the boot menu (each time you use the software, this often happens the next time you boot.) ）。 There is a toolbar at the top of the Startup Cop Pro Main window, if you want to activate a label labeled Disabled (B) program, you only need to select the program, and then click the Enable button on the toolbar.

If you want startup Cop Pro to keep monitoring startup programtaskbar, just systemOn the pallet run the programCan. In the Bounce Settings dialog box, click on the "Exit from System Tray only" ( systemThe tray ends the programOption next to the box. If a programAttempt to insert into startup programIn the taskbar, Startup Cop Pro will notify you immediately and decide what to do with it.

If you have multiple users sharing a single computer, one user does not want to share their activation with others programand shielding programParameters, then he can click the "Use per-user settings" option, and Startup Cop Pro will record this data and store it separately under the corresponding Windows user account.

In the Settings window, there is an import Startupcop 1.x settings (import STARTUPCOP 1.x setting) button, which is primarily convenient for users to invoke activation from the previous version of the startup cop programand shielding programlist, imported into a new version, and displayed in the main window. By the way, your description filecannot be imported.



　　 Overview of the interface 　

Startup Cop Pro's main window interface is very simple except to show that it runs when Windows starts program, there are some control buttons in addition to the relevant information. Clear and intuitive, control is also very simple.

At the top of the window there is a toolbar that arranges the programA few of the main function buttons. If you click Refresh, the programWill quickly search Windows Store startup programThe address of the taskbar, updating the list. If you want to put a programJoin to start programList, you can click the Add button to browse the hard drive to find the program, double-click it, and then enter the programWhen the name is attached, a brief description is appended, and then the programwill appear in the startup programTask bar. Alternatively, you can activate or block a program--the so-called running a programor delete a program-The process is very simple: move the cursor to your chosen program, click the right mouse button and select the appropriate action instruction in the pop-up menu. For security reasons, the user cannot delete a masked computer unless the user restarts it program。

Under the toolbar, there is a piece of information display panel, each of the lines shown above is very important, all about your startup programThe focus of each entry in the list is presented. You can follow different attributes (such as " fileName, status, rank, etc.) to classify them, just click on the corresponding column to the head. (at the back of the "control start program"In the section, we will describe the" level "in detail. If you want the panel to display only a certain type of program, then you can select the "Filter List" option on the Pull-down menu.

When you click on an information display panel on a certain piece of program, the section in "Detailed Info about item Selected (detailed introduction to Selected items)" will show the programFor more information. A row of buttons is arranged on the right side of the plate, which corresponds to a different operation, followed by "increasing the programDescription "," Lookup linked Web site "," use Google to search for relevant information "," View the programThe store Path "," shows the programProperties dialog box. In the previous "user-shared program"In the chapters, we have mentioned that users can choose to hide this plate." At the bottom of the details display panel you can find my startup programDescribe file", which contains the most frequently used when you use the previous version of the startup cop. programListing.

　　
　　

One row of information in the main window's information display panel is monitored programThe icon, fileName, status, etc. If the programState is "enabled", which means that when Windows starts, it will run this program; if the programState is "Disabled", which means that Windows does not run when it starts program。 If you want to change a programState, just select it, and then click the Enable button or the Disable button on the toolbar, or you can move the cursor to the programTitle, click the right mouse button and select "Status" in the pop-up menu.

Figure 4 in the main window, Startup Cop Pro provides information that allows the user to decide whether to load a particular program。
In the information that is displayed on the Startup Cop Pro Panel, the status bar is followed by the rank bar, if you are not aware of the start action systemWhether you need to run a program, just refer to its "level" bar. The following lists the meanings represented by different levels:
System: Indicates that the programIt's a computer operation. systemOne of the components.

Background: That's backstage. program, generally run behind the scenes, users can not interfere, but also operation systemOne of the components.
　　
Normal: A healthy computer will normally run program。

Major Vendor: This programis one of the components of software bundles for well-known software publishers, such as Microsoft and Adobe.

Small Vendor: A software publisher who is not famous or not well known for its development program。

Unverified: Not yet the final rated program, however, Startup Cop Pro will search for further information.

Unknown:startup Cop Pro is not recognized program。

Suspect: Beware of this program, it's most likely a virus or hacker program。

Spyware: This is a hacker. program, you will be able to steal your information or monitor your behavior and transmit it to a third party.

Malicious: This is a virus. program, will destroy your computer.

Startup Cop Pro will enumerate each programThe developer (the programwill be given a report), access to the programPermission to use (for one person only, or for all users of this computer). ), the programCreation date, and so on.

Startup Cop Pro Search program12 hidden areas that will be searched.

In order to enumerate a complete operation systemThat will be run at startup programList, Startup Cop Pro will search 12 areas of Windows. The Type column in the Display information Panel displays the programStorage location.

Windows Registry to boot programThe list is stored in eight different locations. In the two parts of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER, software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/under the Run,runonce, RunOnceEx and RunServices will be activated. programInformation. Startup Cop Pro will thoroughly search these 8 locations, stored in these places program, their "type" column will be labeled with registry.

In the startup program filefolder, Startup Cop Pro will search for all users or current user addresses that are stored in the program, or linked to them. program。 Found it in these two places. program, their "type" column will be labeled with the directory.

The last important place, in Win.ini. fileIn the load and run under the program。 Found it in these two places. program, their "type" column will be labeled with the INI file.

After searching through these 12 hidden areas, Startup Cop Pro will find the action systemAll running at startup program, and provide a complete list.

User community for Startup cop: sharing narration file 　

Simply to look at fileName, was unable to know this programThe content or use of. However, now that we have startup Cop Pro, the situation is completely different, and we have increased the download programNarrative fileLibrary features, for systemOn the programThe function of grading. If you find yourself on a computer with some programNo narrative file, or no ratings, you can write your own narrative. file, or rank them, and provide their own information to other startup Cop Pro users for their reference. If you choose to have this tool on your computer programIf you connect with pcmag.com, you can write your own narrative fileSend to us, our editors will be audited, if the audit is correct, we will put your account fileAll users who are sent to startup Cop Pro.

Figure 5 The so-called "startup Configuration (Boot configuration)" shown in the main window
If you found the Startup Cop Pro unrecognized on your own computer, program, you can search for further information via Google (the following steps: Enter the main window of startup Cop Pro and move the cursor to the programName, click the right mouse button and have a search option on the pop-up menu. ）。

　　


When you install Startup Cop Pro, it will automatically create an initial systemDescribe file, which is called "Install Configuration (Installation configuration)". "My startup Profiles" in the main window (my startup description file) column, you can pull this configuration from the Drop-down menu at any time file。 When you run Startup Cop Pro, a separate description will be generated file, which is called "Startup Configuration (Startup configuration)".

If you plan to describe the current configuration file, just click on the "Add" button on the main window and it will be stored as a new template file, renaming fileAfter that, click the Back button, or click "Apply" and your description fileCan be saved and can be used later.

If you click the shortcut button, you can create the description on the desktop fileShortcut keys. When you double-click this icon, Startup Cop Pro will immediately apply this description file, restart your computer. In the default state, the programBefore restarting the computer, you will be able to confirm that if you want to skip this step, you can turn off these confirmation options in the Settings window. You can also pull up and preview the description you want in the Drop-down menu file。 Select a description fileAfter that, you will notice that the display in the Information display panel programThere have been some changes in the list. In programAn arrow appears between the current state and the new state, and the arrow points to the latest state. For example, as shown in Figure 5, if you apply the "my new Configuration" description file, the Aim.exe will be converted from the mask state to the active state. If you want a new description fileTo produce utility, just click Apply. If the current programListed in the list programNot appearing in the new description filein which these programThe asterisk will appear on the title, if the new description is applied fileWords, these programwill be blocked. If you want to delete a description file, just pull down the menu and select the description you want to delete file, and then click Remove.