Spybot S&D Startup list: HK_LM:Run (blank entry) and HK_LM:Run SunJavaUpdateSched

I don't have any hijack issues (that I know of) but there are two entries in Spybot S&D's System Startup list that I have questions about. I attached images of the lines from SS&D's display.

1st:
The first line in the SS&D list is simply HK_LM:Run with no "Value" and no "Command line" entries.
Is this normal?

2nd:
A line refers to HK_LM:Run, SunJavaUpdateSched
command: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
file: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
size: 36975
MD5: 70de314a16e5a486a0ef2425014685b2

I think I have seen a post where Dave told someone to "fix" a 04...jusched.exe via their HJT.

Am I safe to "fix" (remove) this particular entry via HJT v1.99? ...

If so, should I perform the "fix" in safe mode or may I just do it in normal mode?

I don't really care to have the JRE automatically check for updates (if that's what jusched.exe does).

 

Thanks, Christer. Worked exactly as you said.

 

I thought of one more tiny question and one wordy request.

Tiny Question:
If I had HJT remove the registry entry instead of going through the Java plugin, would that possibly lead to problems?

Seems the autoupdate function would still be enabled in the Java plug-in but the registry would confuse the plugin...leading to instability.

Wordy Request:
I'm trying to begin to understand how the registry works. I have found the following source of info by searching the MS Knowlege Base at http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp
for the phrase "how the registry works ".

Controlling the User: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/maintain/control.mspx

Even though I suspect most sources of information about the registry are technical, at least I can study the vocabulary used and go from there.

If anyone immediately knows of other tutorials or textbooks (perhaps ones that worked well for you) that explain the registry in layman -> technical terms, please point me to them. I have very limited programming experience (a little Pascal, Fortran, and assembly language in college 20 years ago) but desire to find a good starting point and strategy for learning. I especially like to experiment.

I'm thinking of purchasing Win XP Pro for my laptop (currently Windows ME) and doing a format/clean install since the data contained on it is not critical to keep. I'll make the laptop my experimental machine so, if I muck it up, I can just do another clean install, parallel install, dual boot or whatever else I want to try.

 

Thanks again for the suggestions, Christer. That's what I'll do. Haven't messed much with Ghost yet but that's the reason I went with the NSW Pro/Premier versions. I just hadn't scraped up the courage to fully experiment and it looks like the lap top idea is the ticket.

 

Ouch! You had plenty of time. We've come a LONG way since 133 Mhz.

BTW...

I just found an answer the other question in my original post (quoted above) at http://castlecops.com/postt80787.html

Looks like I might have to fiddle a little with the registry with this machine too.