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More info?)
I always get a lot of ideas from your posts. I appreciate your detail.
The computer in question is not mine but one I am working on. It is not here
so I can not post the Keys. I am going there today so I will bring them
back.
I posted one from mine as an example. I use ROC and I will tell them my
Email address needs changed.
On the computer in question some of the Keys' relate to Programs not longer
used. I get the impression from your post that it is OK to remove them.
The Shortcut is ( or was) to a local Dial-up ISP called Valunet. It was
installed from a disk that the ISP sent us so I would say it is a
proprietary program.
When I try to Delete it I get the gray "Connection Manager Profile Service"
screen.
If I try to Rename or Properties I get " ..Service Profile. Close is the
only other option on the drop down menu.
drew
"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eWo1dTaUFHA.628@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> And does this Key somehow correspond to the Dial-up connectoid on your
> Desktop? Because I find no mention in any searches of those program
> names belonging to an ISP. What I find are mentions of a Photoshop
> Plug-in. www.asf.com If you have that software installed, this would
> seem to me to be a Key that happens to include your licensing
> information, which happens to include your email--nothing to do with a
> dial-up connection.
>
> You don't want to be searching for your old email address in the
> Registry, necessarily--there's bound to be a few mentions of it. In the
> case of ASF ROC, the proper thing to do would be to go to the ASF site
> and update your licensing information. Unless it's not important to you
> because, for instance, it was just a freebie trial ad you no longer use
> it. What you do about other mentions of obsolete emails should be
> decided on a case-by-case basis.
>
> OK. First, it is doubtful that what you have on your Desktop is simply a
> shortcut to a Windows Dial-up connection. If it's something you used to
> click to go online, then it's either a proprietary dialer program, or
> it's a "shortcut" to a program that eventually uses a Windows Dial-up
> connection. But, because it won't let itself be deleted, that hints that
> it isn't a standard shortcut at all, but rather a "Namespace" item--an
> icon fabricated by a Registry entry. What you want to do to find such
> items is to search the Registry for the name of that icon, verbatim. If
> you come up with a key or two that includes that specific name, then
> post that Key here for inspection.
>
> Come to think of it, you haven't described that item on the Desktop very
> fully. If you were to do so, it would be a lot easier to advise you on
> the subject. What's its name? What company do you think it comes from?
> Right-click on it, then click Properties. What does it say in there?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Drew Leyda" <Mint_aid@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eR4tDGZUFHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ASF\ROC\10]
>> "HelpFile"="C:\\Program Files\\ASF\\ROC\\"
>> @=""
>> "Name"="XXXXX XXXXXX"
>> "PID"="1000&TC=4VB1"
>> "Email"="XXXXXX@valunet.com"
>> "Code"="RXD3488T88A-6M7J8F"
>>
>> I have changed personel information to Xs.
>