Disengaging my 'Dell Media Experience' media player

I wish i was better at this kind of stuff.

I have a new (new to me) Dell Dimension 2400 desktop, running Win XP
home. Every time i turn on the pc, Dell Media Experience fires up
first thing. Every time i put a dvd into the drive, 'DME' launches.
I don't particularly want to delete the program, but i don't want it
for a default. How can i disarm/ disengage it from automatically
starting up?

 

I wish i was better at this kind of stuff.

Don't we all, but we all start round about where you are now :-}

Try going to start/run and type "services.msc" without the quote marks
(it's a bit like msconfig, but a bit safer in that it doesn't let you
bugger your machine by switching off something it needs - allegedly!)

Scroll down the list, and see if you can spot it - you should be able
to right click over the entry (if there is one) and click properties -
change it from automatic to manual.

This site will give you a list of some common services, and whether
they're actually necessary:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

 

Thanks.

So......i went to this folder, and i see how can change these services
from 'automatic' to 'manual', but i can't find Dell Media Experience
here, not by any recognizeable name anyway.

 

start/run/msconfig

You'll find it there.

Before you eventually decide to uninstall it.

 

Just uninstall it. For those users that don't do a full format and a clean
installation of Windows, this is the best recourse.