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‎04-01-2023 02:55 PM

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Alright.... What a ride!

 

So. I went to startup in Task Manager, Disable the thing. Didn't work. Still launching at startup

I went ape mode and deleted the files. Didn't work.

I went to Task Scheduler. Disable the thing. Didn't work...

 

Then, surfing the web I got to this
Autoruns for Windows - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn
An application that sees all the things running at startup. I disable a bunch of things. And it worked. Catalyst is not running at startup anymore!!

Bloody Hell. That was some malware hehe

The only thing that all this didn't solve was the screen flickering. And is still a bit slow at the start but whatever...

 

We are good!

 

Thanks again Paul and the community!

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‎04-01-2023 03:13 PM

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Yikes!

 

That was quite a tough nut to crack!

 

Oh well, at least you didn't have to buy a motherboard.

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