Inernet TV - Kontiki Killer - Improve??

[H3LL]

I like the current trend for TV channels to have programmes available on the Internet for free for up to 30 days.

Currently I have Sky Anytime (not very good), iBBC and 4oD (ITV one soon).

The three above all use the Kontiki engine which is a resource hungry monster that can't be easily prevented from running on start-up.

I have a script that seems to kill it on request (until one of the programs is run again) but throws up some errors that I have no idea how to fix.

It works as is so I use it.

Just copy the code into a .bat file and run it when you want.

@Echo off
Echo.
Echo.
Echo Kontiki-Killer...
Echo. - In progress...
Echo.
Echo Killing KHost.exe process...
taskkill /IM KHost.exe /T /f
Echo.
Echo Stopping KService service...
NET Stop KService
Echo.
Echo. Making the KService service on demand not on startup
sc config KService start= demand
Echo.
Echo Removing from Registry startup....
REG DELETE HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v kdx /f
REG DELETE HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v kdx /f
Echo.
Echo.
Echo Kontiki blitz complete.
Echo.
Echo. (C) Purple Frog Systems
Echo.
pause


Comments and/or improvements appreciated on both the .bat file and Kontiki.

Ta!

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ETA: Mod please correct the spelling in the title

[krelnik]

I have a script that seems to kill it on request (until one of the programs is run again) but throws up some errors that I have no idea how to fix.


If you tell us exactly what the errors say, and where in the script they come up, maybe we can help you fix them.

[H3LL]

If you tell us exactly what the errors say, and where in the script they come up, maybe we can help you fix them.

I offered it more for someone that wants Kontiki off their system at every start-up (it returns automatically when you want the programs to run). For that, it seems to work fine. It is a bandwidth and resource hog.

The error shown when I just ran it again is:

Removing from Registry startup....

Error: the system was unable to find the specified registry key or value

The operation completed successfully

My guess is one of the two REG DELETE references is invalid, so no big deal IHMO.

I see no other evidence that it's not working OK.


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