"should not see me" - virus?

[Dave]

I see the program "should not see me" ending sometimes
when I reboot my computer. I was wondering if this was
some kind of virus program?

[larry samuels MS-MVP (XP Shell/User)]

No it is not a virus--this occasionally appears when a program takes an
abnormally long time to close when shutting down or rebooting the pc.

It is a standard windows message that was used during the beta,then left in
place in the final version.It means exactly what it says--you should not see
the message if programs are terminating correctly.

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"Dave" <tyedye4...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[larry samuels MS-MVP (XP Shell/User)]

Thanks Kelly!

I should have known either you or Doug would have a fix for these messages.
<G>

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"Kelly" <ke...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Dave,
>
> In addition to Larry's expert advice....see if this helps:
>
> These edits automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs
> from
> shutting down.
>
> Auto End Tasks and Wait to Kill Timeout for Shutdown (Line 76)
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> This edit allows you to configure Windows so that you receive verbose
> startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status messages. This may be helpful
> to
> in troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behaviour.
>
> Startup/Shutdown/Logon/Logoff Status Messages (Line 69)
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly
>
> MS-MVP Win98/XP-Shell/User [AE-Windows® XP]
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
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> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>

[David Candy]

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"larry samuels MS-MVP (XP Shell/User)" <la...@mvps.org> wrote in message news:OEBTl1EzCHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP12...

[nameless]

Dave wrote:

In particular, the "Should not see me.exe" message (it's actually an
executable file name) appears when you initiate a reboot after
installing NVIDIA drivers.

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[Kelly]

Most welcome! :o)

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