Re: Personal Oracle 9i automatic startup

maaher_at_hotmail.com (Maaher) wrote

> How can I prevent my Personal Oracle9i from starting automatically
> every time my computer is started? I'm running XP Pro. I'm a bit
> unclear about all the services that have been created for Oracle and
> I'd like to do this as clean as possible. Perhaps I just missed sth in
> the installation process...

Windows Control Panel | Administration Tools | Services.

Set the Oracle services from automated to manual startup.

If Personal 9i is not using NT Services (I last worked with a Personal Oracle version on Win95), then check:

• Start | Programs | Startup
• Registry | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

BTW, last mentioned Registry key is a favourite hangout of virusses and trojans like MSBlaster.

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Billy