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Originally Posted by RedBaron View Post
Such as?

It will still work, just not run when you turn the computer on right away.
Depends, if you have a laptop it could disable some of the function keys, or your touchpad, or power management.

His point is that it is in your best interest to know what you are disabling before you disable it.

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Plus it will most likely turn off spyware and malware that would run automatically when you turn your computer on.
Unlikely, not any of the bad ones anyway. Most of them put put the startup entries back as fast as you disable them, if they are even there in the first place.
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