Sony Vaio

Does anyone know how to disable the Sony Vaio startup assistant. I dont see
it anywhere onder Control Panel | Programs but it starts up everytime I boot
up and then it locks up and I have to to cancel it withe the task mgr.

Sony website is about worthless for these things

Type msconfig in Start's Search box and disable it on the Startup tab.

When you boot up next, don't cancel it and write down or remember the
process name, might prove helpful :)

Go to start search > msconfig > hit enter > accept the UAC > go over to
the 'start up' tab > look for anything that says Sony Viao Start up
assistant.

Have you looked in the All Programs -> Startup folder?

It has to be in msconfig as that will show any and all programs set to
run at start-up.

[t2427537]

Did you find a solution? I have the same problem and I can't find anything it msconfig concerning this app

"Have you looked in the All Programs -> Startup folder?"

Yep nothing there that deals with this program

Here is the answer
The program is
C:\Program Files\Sony\First Experience\WelcomeLauncher.exe"
and you have two choices
1 Delete or rename the file so it does not load but who knows what errors this might cause so do choice 2

2. Run the Autoruns app from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx
under the logon tab you will see the listing, just uncheck the box.

Thanks to Dave-UK for telling us about Autoruns

Autoruns from Sysinternals will show you what is being loaded when Windows starts.
Download it from here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

It doesn't need installing, just unzip and run the autoruns.exe file from the folder.
Right-click and run as admin.
Agree to the license and it will scan your computer listing everything, including loads of Microsoft entries.
Click on Options and select ' Hide Microsoft and Windows Entries '.
Click on the green arrows icon to refresh the list.
Now look down the list and see if you can recognise anything relating to Sony.
Clear the box to disable or right-click to delete any entries.

Either download the sysinternals program suggested earlier or, if that
seems intimidating, download this:

RUn the .exe that you download. It will install an icon in your
Control Panel. They just go to the Control Panel and double-click
"Start up". It will show you everything that is starting up. You can
disable items without deleting them to test without any real danger to
your system.

Start up MSCONFIG and select Startup tab and disable it.

I'm not sure what it goes by, though.

If you need further help, make a list of the programs listed in Startup tab
and post it.

I think I have found the answer to the problem you and I are having. I did
the following and it got rid of the Vaio Startup Assistant at startup. First
download
this small program (It's safe I've been using it for years). Go to the web
bar and
type in QUICK STARTUP when the web page opens double click on QUICK STARTUP
from CNET.COM (fourth one down on my laptop). After you download the program
uncheck VAIOREGISTRATION and that will remove the Startup Assistant when
starting.

[prettypunk456]

Hi! you got a totally lame answer from all these people! just go under programs and features to the application manager for vaio and click uninstall/change. it will then open a new window and you can scroll down to the start up assistant and uninstall it as well as the option to uninstall the annoying vaio survey! hope it helps you!