codecs loading on startup

supasoaker · 30 Jul 2010 at 00:29

do I really need codecs to load on startup or can I remove them from my registry?

supasoaker · 30 Jul 2010 at 01:20

thanks - I use windows media player classic light plus some external codecs.

been clearing out my registry and a LOAD of codecs are in my startup (I am using winxp32 - still need to upgrade!!!). Looks like I will get removing........

supasoaker · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:32

can I remove ALL codecs from my startup?

I presume I can cos they should load when the applications are loaded anyway...............is this correct?

supasoaker · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:58

awesome thanks.

I presume all other media players will do the same too.

it really helps to remove all this ***p from startup in the registry!

supasoaker · 31 Jul 2010 at 20:50

i found LOADs believe it or not............can't list them now cos i am not at my PC but there were at least 20 from windows media player classic k-lite, which is annoying cos i took them off and the player wouldn't work anymore

supasoaker · 1 Aug 2010 at 10:45

thanks i'll give it a go - just difficult to trust anything on a russian website

supasoaker · 1 Aug 2010 at 17:29

honestly they are there and when I disable them (around 20) the media player doesn't work........ :confused:

well i had a malware thingy and one thing turned to another - don't worry i'm not removing EVERYTHING, mostly doing stuff on startup but it is still part of the registry

supasoaker · 1 Aug 2010 at 19:48

the malware is gone but i am bored and after checking my startup items decided I would remove some

about the russians if you had read the whole thread you would know what I was on about..............

alright guys i'm gonna drop this thread but thanks for all the advice! much appreciated!