vista questions - ongoing

hi, all. ok, i have a few vista questions. i just got this comp this last weekend (like i really needed another comp, but i couldn't pass up the price). anyway, i thought i'd just make 1 thread instead of alot of threads.

question #1: is there anyway to get rid of this annoying popup (pic), when i plug my thumbdrive into my comp? of course i bought all of my thumbdrives before vista. i thought it might have to do with the readyboost, but i don't think so. i haven't tried "scan and fix", as i'm not sure what that'll do, also i need it to work with xp, because that is what the rest of my comps are. thx, sos

 

question #2: how do you change/edit startup items using win defender? i had initially changed startup items using msconfig. however i read somewhere that you can do it in win defender, so i changed it back.

 

Q1. well, i copied everything off of there, and then let it "scan and fix", and of course there were no errors. i put everything back on there and it works on both (xp, and vista). now when i try my other thumb drives, they do the same thing. i guess i'll have to do that to all of them??!!

Q2.

<-- ok, i couldn't find this, but it's right there on the page (duh). it only let me disable 2 items (sidebar, and adobe update manager).

thx, i'll get around to question #3 in a few (got a few errands to run). - sos