Unix Command Disabled in Startup Items

I have a MaXtor One Touch II. After installing the software, during the Restart, Mac advised me that the security settings for an unknown (to me) file needed to be fixed or disabled. I disabled it and have now realised it was a UNIX command to watch the One Touch button. I found the file using System Profiler and it lies domant in the Startup Items.
How do I enable it again?

I don't know what mechanism is used to disable the "StartupItem" in this situation, but I have read that one way is by creating an invisible ".disabled" file in the top level of a given startup item's folder. If this is the case here, there are a few ways to get rid of the item but since there aren't a lot of details in your post, I'll suggest a generic method. Try opening "/Applications" > "AppleScript" > "Script Editor.app", paste these lines, and click "Run":<pre>set theItem to (choose folder default location path to startup items)
set ppath to quoted form of (POSIX path of theItem & ".disabled")
do shell script "mv " & ppath & " ~/.Trash" with administrator privileges</pre>Choose the folder corresponding to the specific startup that is to be enabled, and provide the "admin" username and password at the prompt. If the "startup item" has been disabled by another method, the script won't find a ".disabled" file so it should just fail harmlessly.
However, there have been issues with other third party startup items being improperly programmed so that they required incorrect permissions in order to function. If this is the case, the "security settings" dialogue may continue to appear, despite choosing the "fix" option. If that happens, check the Maxtor website for updated software.

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Hi all,
During a recent use of Activity Monitor, I noticed Palm Desktop Background was running and using about 1% CPU.
Not a big deal, but it is disabled it in my account in Startup Items.
I also have disabled Transport Monitor.
I don't use my Palm for a while now, but didn't remove the software (just in case of...).
Moving The Palm software to the trash and restarting stopped the Palm Desktop Background program (as expected).
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Like I said, it's no big deal (1% CPU), but it annoys me enough to write this post.
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Any help is appreciated.
M
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littleshoulders,
Thanks for for the reply.
I occasionaly run a classic application. For that purpose I have a minimal system 9.2.2 installed, with a few startup items.
I know Palm Desktop can also run in classic mode, but I never used it that way.
And afaik, classic startup items only are activated when classic is running, are they?
I noticed another thing. I use a program called 'KeyCue' (It finds keyboard shortcuts in applications).
It always runs in the background, but I appear to have it disabled in my account in the Startup Items. In the preferences of this app., I have it set to automatically start at login (that's what I want).
Despite disabling in my account, it does run in the backgound.
So, what 'mechanism' is telling OS X to launch the app.
Makes me wonder if Palm Desktop uses a similar 'trick', but I could not find a setting in the preferences of PD.
Any suggestion?
M
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I Have an "Insecure Startup Item disabled" problem and am at a loss

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I recently installed a HP Printer (HP PSC 1410 All In One) to my MacBook system running Snow Leopard 10.6.3 and just after I installed I uninstalled when finished. Since the uninstall however, I have been getting an error message at startup reading the following:
Insecure Startup Item Disabled
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I was just wondering what this meant and how to get rid of this annoying dialogue box which appears at each startup of my computer. Thanks in advance

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TS3493 I too have the Insecure Startup Item Disabled error message.

The folder is empty, although 319Kb on Disk. I am unable to move it to the Trash as it says it's required by Mac OS X. This is truly infuriating. I have entered Disk Utility and used Repair Permissions. Currently running Mountain Lion, 10.8.3.

This is incorrect. Most of the time this error happens from faulty permissions settings on the startup items or the StartupItems folder. Startup items should be owned by root (the "system" account) and not be writable by anyone else, but if not then the system will detect this and prevent it from loading, as this means a third-party might have tampered with it and potentially cause a problem (hence the "insecure" characterization).
Since Startup Items are from third-party installations, often OS X will not include them in a permissions fix routine as there may be no entries for them in the permissions database.
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