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Old 04-22-2005, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Macman
check these places:
mac hd>library startup items>if its in here, delete it,
mac hd>users>your username>library>startup items>if its in here, delete it,
that should do it.
Also check /System/Library/StartupItems/
(That's Macintosh HD:System:Library:StartupItems: for the old-timers among us.)

There's usually a lot of things in there, most of them very important.

If you're feeling adventurous, you could open the Terminal and type
Code:
SystemStarter -n -D > StartupOutput.text
(return)
wait for it to finish, and then type
Code:
open StartupOutput.text
(return)
And see what comes up. (This will leave a StartupOutput.text file in your home folder, which you can Trash when you're done.)

Reference
http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_startup.html
Last edited by technologist; 04-22-2005 at 05:43 PM.
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