System32 folder appears on startup
Siddhartha Gandhi
everywhere, but nothing i have tried has worked
i have disabled every startup service, startup program, and everything
in every tab in msconfig except for system.ini and boot.ini and after
restarting it doesnt fix the problem
i have also consulted the microsoft knowledge base article and kelly's
korner's automatic fix (the reigstry key was not found)
what should i do
please, i really need help
anything you can do would be appreciated
beb
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170086&Product=win2000
"Siddhartha Gandhi" <siddharth...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Rick "Nutcase" Rogers
Could you please export and post the contents of these keys in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
To do this, start/run regedit, expand the branches to each key (do this one
at a time). Click on the key, then on file/export. Give it any name, then
save to the desktop. Once you have saved both keys, close the registry
editor. Right-click one of the saved files on the desktop, choose edit, it
should open in notepad. Click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to
this post and click in the message text area. Hit ctrl+v to paste the
contents. Repeat for the other saved key, then send the post for
examination.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Siddhartha Gandhi" <siddharth...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Plato
Siddhartha Gandhi
visited kelly's korner and the microsoft article, and yet you gave me
just that
for some reason when i run regedit it doesnt appear, just an ms-dos
window pops up and the dissappears
so im using lavasoft reghance
oh yea and in an attempt to fix it i put quotes around everything in
those two registry entries
since i cant export as text, i took a screenshot of it ...the top pic
is local machine, the bottom is current user
Siddhartha Gandhi
okay here it is in text form:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"googletalk"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Google
Talk\\googletalk.exe\" /autostart"
"ctfmon.exe"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"
"AOL Fast Start"="\"C:\\Program Files\\America Online 9.0a\\AOL.EXE\"
-b"
AND________________________________________________
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"RoxioEngineUtility"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Roxio
Shared\\System\\EngUtil.exe\""
"IntelMeM"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Intel\\Modem Event
Monitor\\IntelMEM.exe\""
"InCD"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Nero\\Nero 7\\InCD\\InCD.exe\""
"gcasServ"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft AntiSpyware\\gcasServ.exe\""
"dla"="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\dla\\tfswctrl.exe\""
"CoolSwitch"="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\taskswitch.exe\""
"avast!"="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\ALWILS~1\\Avast4\\ashDisp.exe\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL]
"Installed"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI]
"Installed"="1"
"NoChange"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS]
"Installed"="1"
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers
They seem ok. Start/run msconfig, uncheck half the entries on the startup
tab. Click apply/ok and reboot. Does it still open? If not, then the problem
is one of the disabled entries. Re-enable half of them and do it again. If
it does open, then the problem is with something that you did not disable.
Continue this use of halves until you isolate the culprit.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Siddhartha Gandhi" <siddharth...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Siddhartha Gandhi
as i mentioned in my original post, i unchecked EVERYTHING IN EVERY TAB
of msconfig, except for boot.ini and system.ini
and the problem still came up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers
On the general tab, click diagnostic startup - does it still occur when you
reboot?
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Siddhartha Gandhi" <siddharth...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Plato
>
Remove the virus/trojan from your pc.
> for some reason when i run regedit it doesnt appear, just an ms-dos
> window pops up and the dissappears
Siddhartha Gandhi
Siddhartha Gandhi
this all started when i installed Windows OneCare
That darn software screwed my whole computer up. Not only does system32
appear now, but I can't turn on Windows Firewall because it is
controlled by Group Policy (im almost 100% certain onecare did that)
even though I uninstalled OneCare.
Siddhartha Gandhi
computer and reinstalled windows...